semiosis

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noun

Any activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, including the production of meaning.

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Meanings

nounsemiosis (countable and uncountable, plural semiosises)

plural semiosises

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesAny activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, including the production of meaning.

Origin

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.

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APA

semiosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiosis

MLA

“semiosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semiosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiosis.

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