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Signifiers
Something or someone that signifies, makes something more significant or important.
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noun
- 1
Something or someone that signifies, makes something more significant or important.
- 2
The sound of spoken word or string of letters on a page that a person recognizes as a sign.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| symbolismsnoun | Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities. |
| signifyingverb | signification |
| symbolsnoun | The ninth studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, titled with a set of five unpronounceable, non-alphabetic symbols and commonly known as Symbols, was released on 23 September 1997 by Wax Trax! |
| symbolizationnoun | The act of symbolizing; the use of symbols to represent things, or the investing of things with a symbolic meaning. |
| symbolicsnoun | Symbolism. |
| signifiedverb | (linguistics, semiotics, philosophy) The concept, object or person that is referred to by a sign or signifier. |
| symbolizeverb | (transitive) To be symbolic of; to represent. |
| identifiersnoun | Something that identifies or uniquely points to something or someone else. |
| symbolingnoun | A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object. |
| symboliseverb | (British spelling) Alternative form of symbolize. [(transitive) To be symbolic of; to represent.] |
| signifiesverb | To give (something) a meaning or an importance. |
| signifyverb | To give (something) a meaning or an importance. |
| symbolismnoun | Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities. |
| indicatorsnoun | A pointer or index that indicates something. |
| symbolizingverb | A symbolic conception. |
| symbolizedverb | (transitive) To be symbolic of; to represent. |
| symbologynoun | (uncountable) The study or use of symbols. |
| denotationsnoun | (logic, linguistics, semiotics) The primary, surface, literal, or explicit meaning of a signifier such as a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated. |
| referentsnoun | (semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes: what it refers to. |
| symbolisedverb | — |
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