Main Entry:

se·mi·ot·ics

Pronunciation:

\-ˈä-tiks\

Variant(s):

or se·mi·ot·ic \-tik\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural semiotics

Etymology:

Greek sēmeiōtikos observant of signs, from sēmeiousthai to interpret signs, from sēmeion sign, from sēma sign

Date:

1880

: a general philosophical theory of signs and symbols that deals especially with their function in both artificially constructed and natural languages and comprises syntactics, semantics, and pragmatics

— semiotic adjective

— se·mi·o·ti·cian \-ə-ˈti-shən\ noun

— se·mi·ot·i·cist \-ˈä-tə-sist\ noun