noun
semiosis
Semiosis (noun) means any activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, including the production of meaning.
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Any activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, including the production of meaning.
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Etymology
Coined by Charles Sanders Peirce to describe a process that interprets signs as referring to their objects, as described in his theory of sign relations, or semiotics.
Rhymes for semiosis
meiosis
mitosis
osmosis
stenosis
necrosis
neurosis
hypnosis
fibrosis
diagnosis
prognosis
symbiosis
halitosis
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What is the meaning of semiosis?
"semiosis" (noun) means any activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, including the production of meaning.