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noosign

/ˈnoʊ.oʊ.saɪn/

noosign noun: a concept that represents the manifestation of thought within cinema. Gilles Deleuze introduced this term in his work to describe how films can express intellectual ideas and processes beyond mere visual representation.

Noun

noosign (plural noosigns)

  1. (film theory) A concept that represents the manifestation of thought within cinema. Gilles Deleuze introduced this term in his work to describe how films can express intellectual ideas and processes beyond mere visual representation.
    • Thus chronosigns are continually extended into lectosigns and noosigns.1989, Gilles Deleuze, translated by Hugh Tomlinson and Robert Galeta, Cinema 2: the Time-Image, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, translation of Cinéma 2, L’Image-temps (in French), page 100
    • Suffice it to say that to each of these technical and cinematic details, Deleuze (and Bogue) juxtapose new concepts—crystalline states for the hyalosigns; sheets of past, peaks of present, and powers of the false for chronosigns; linked to the latter, the power of the outside and the interstice for...2003 fall, Charles J. Stivale, “Review of Deleuze on Cinema, by R. Bogue”, in JSTOR, volume 45, number 4, page 531

Forms of noosign

pluralnoosigns

Origin of noosign

From Ancient Greek νοῦς (noûs) + sign.

Questions about noosign

What does noosign mean?
Noosign means a concept that represents the manifestation of thought within cinema. Gilles Deleuze introduced this term in his work to describe how films can express intellectual ideas and processes beyond mere visual representation.
What part of speech is noosign?
Noosign is a noun.
How do you pronounce noosign?
Noosign is pronounced /ˈnoʊ.oʊ.saɪn/.
What is the plural of noosign?
The plural of noosign is noosigns.

Words near noosign in the dictionary

  1. nooser
  2. noosers
  3. nooses
  4. noosfia
  5. noosfias
  6. noosign
  7. noosigns
  8. noosing
  9. noosings
  10. noosphere
  11. noospheres

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