legisign
legisign noun: a sign that consists in a general idea, norm, or law.
Noun
legisign (plural legisigns)
- A sign that consists in a general idea, norm, or law.
- A Rhematic Indexical Legisign [e.g., a demonstrative pronoun] is any general type or law, however established, which requires each instance of it to be really affected by its Object in such a manner as merely to draw attention to that Object. Each Replica of it will be a Rhematic Indexical Sinsign...1985, Charles S[anders] Peirce, “Logic as Semiotic: The Theory of Signs”, in Robert E. Innis, editor, Semiotics: An Introductory Anthology, Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 20
Forms of legisign
| plural | legisigns |
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Origin of legisign
From legal and sign.
Questions about legisign
- What does legisign mean?
- Legisign means a sign that consists in a general idea, norm, or law.
- What part of speech is legisign?
- Legisign is a noun.
- What is the plural of legisign?
- The plural of legisign is legisigns.
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