Main Entry: se·mi·ot·ic

Pronunciation: \-ˈät-ik\

Variant(s): or se·mi·ot·ics \-iks\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural semiotics

: 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