semiotic
adj/ˌsɛmiːˈɒtɪk/
Etymology Borrowed from Ancient Greek σημειωτικός (sēmeiōtikós, “observant of signs”), ultimately derived from σῆμα (sêma, “mark, sign”). Compare semiotics.
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Of or relating to semiotics or to semantics.
- Applying a meme beyond its semiotic used-by date is undesirable, lowering status.2012, Michele Zappavigna, Discourse of Twitter and Social Media:
- Especially when applying [the Lemon test] as a bar examiner might expect would have yielded glaringly ahistorical or politically inconvenient results, [the Supreme Court] regularly found reasons – longstanding historical practice, for example, or semiotic speculations about the social meanings of government actions to hypothetical “reasonable observers” – not to.2025 August 20, Richard Garnett, “The Ten Commandments and a “secular purpose””, in SCOTUSblog: