signification
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- noun
- /ˌsɪɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
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significación
- The signification of the red traffic light is to stop your vehicle.
- mode of signification
- system of signification
- structure of signification
And he says these are the terms whose signification was before unknown.
- And he says these are the terms whose signification was before unknown.
- So we begin with truth in signification, truth in thought, something like a correspondence theory of truth, but going beyond it as well.
- And maybe that's including signification or they're connected in some way.
Examples
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In literature, signification often extends beyond the literal meaning of words.
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The word "I," like "barbarian" in Montaigne's essay, becomes open to change in signification and reference.
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The problem of signification, therefore, leads to a problem of the self and of identity.
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And he says these are the terms whose signification was before unknown.
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Noting its power to give life, we realize that signification is transformation.
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Note here that truth is both discovered and made by the activity of signification or semiosis.
Academic text (2017) -
The word, then, achieves a cultural signification that engenders deterministic analysis.
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The objectively shared significations made possible by language are only one part of the "double-barreled concept" of meaning.
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We might say that Villers created a new social gestus out of these significations.
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In constructing a reality, the processes of signification must also engender mystification.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
An idea a word or sign shows
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4.4
An explanation of what something means
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3.8
The meaning or message something has
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6.8
The meaning or importance of something
The idea that a word or sign shows
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word signification comes from the Latin significare, made of sign and a part meaning 'to make'. Think of sign and signal—they show something to others, so signification is the 'meaning' a word or symbol gives.