semiosis

English

Etymology

Coined by Charles Sanders Peirce to describe a process that interprets signs as referring to their objects, as described in his theory of sign relations, or semiotics.

Noun

semiosis (countable and uncountable, plural semiosises)

  1. (semiotics) Any activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, including the production of meaning.

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