Etymology

semiurgy

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Today it means: The production of new meanings by the creation of new signs; the expansion of the semiosphere. Full definition →

French sémiurgie
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  1. French · derived fromsémiurgie
  2. English todaysemiurgy

From French sémiurgie, a term coined in the 1970's in works about mass-media.

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