n.
Pronunciation: - ' ä-tiks
Variant: or se · mi · ot · ic \ -tik \
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural semiotics
Etymology: Greek s ē mei ō tikos observant of signs, from s ē meiousthai to interpret signs, from s ē meion sign, from s ē ma 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 - ' ti-sh ə n \ noun
– se · mi · ot · i · cist \ - ' ä-t ə -sist \ noun