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signifier::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | descriptor, form, word form |
| Type of | word |
| Has types | base, citation form, entry word, etymon, ghost word, initialism, main entry word, abbreviation, plural form, radical, root, root word, singular, singular form, stem, theme, plural, acronym |
| Derivation | signify |
Examples of signifier
signifier
What signifier could he use that was at once traditional and utterly contemporary?
From the telegraph.co.uk
The cancellation served as a signifier of alternative rock's declining popularity.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Lea T isn't the only signifier of fashion's current fixation with transgender chic.
From the independent.co.uk
The distinction becomes blurred over time as the signifier becomes its own signified.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
The tongue is well known in chinese medicine to be a n important signifier.
From the newscientist.com
But Rivera's stature as a walking, singing cultural signifier went beyond her gender.
From the orlandosentinel.com
I think the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust represents her own signifier of survival.
From the guardian.co.uk
In essence, Om is the signifier of the ultimate truth that all is one.
From the en.wikipedia.org
An arbitrary association exists between the signified and the signifier.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Form: the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached"
- (signification) meaning: the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"
- The sound of spoken word or string of letters on a page that a person recognizes as a sign
- (signification) signified of a linguistic unit defined by abstracting context and communicational situation. Any given signification is an artefact.
- Any material thing that signifies, e.g., words on a page, a facial expression, an image.
- The material part of a sign that stands for the signified.
- As defined by Ferdinand de Saussure, the linguistic fact (part aural, part visual) that points to a concept of meaning (its signified) when decoded with an appropriate sign-system or linguistic set of conventions.
- The physical object used to represent a mental concept.
