semiotic
/ˌsɛmiːˈɒtɪk/
semiotic adjective: of or relating to semiotics or to semantics.
Adjective
semiotic (not comparable)
- Of or relating to semiotics or to semantics.
- Applying a meme beyond its semiotic used-by date is undesirable, lowering status.2012, Michele Zappavigna, Discourse of Twitter and Social Media
- Especially when applying [the Lemon test] as a bar examiner might expect would have yielded glaringly ahistorical or politically inconvenient results, [the Supreme Court] regularly found reasons – longstanding historical practice, for example, or semiotic speculations about the social meanings of...2025 August 20, Richard Garnett, “The Ten Commandments and a “secular purpose””, in SCOTUSblog
- symptomalogical (of or relating to the signs or symptoms of diseases)
semiotic meaning in Tamil
semiotic in Tamil
- பொருட்குறி, குறியீட்டியல்
Forms of semiotic
| alternative form | semeiotic |
|---|---|
| alternative form | semeiotical |
| alternative form | semiotical |
Origin of semiotic
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σημειωτικός (sēmeiōtikós, “observant of signs”), ultimately derived from σῆμα (sêma, “mark, sign”). Compare semiotics.
Words formed from semiotic
Words that rhyme with semiotic
- exotic
- chaotic
- hypnotic
- sclerotic
- homoerotic
- neurotic
- quixotic
- antibiotic
- asymptotic
- biotic
- despotic
- dicrotic
31 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- ekpyrotic
- heterotic
- idiotic
- narcotic
- Nilotic
- probiotic
- symbiotic
- amniotic
- anadiplotic
- aponeurotic
- aquatic
- aryepiglottic
- autoerotic
- epiglottic
- erotic
- extraglottic
- glottic
- homeotic
- infraglottic
- intraglottic
- miotic
- osmotic
- paraglottic
- periglottic
- polyglottic
- psittacotic
- subglottic
- supraglottic
- thyroepiglottic
- transglottic
- unhypnotic
Questions about semiotic
- What does semiotic mean?
- Semiotic means of or relating to semiotics or to semantics.
- What is semiotic in Tamil?
- Semiotic in Tamil is பொருட்குறி, குறியீட்டியல். See Semiotic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is semiotic?
- Semiotic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce semiotic?
- Semiotic is pronounced /ˌsɛmiːˈɒtɪk/.
Words near semiotic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: semiotic (page history and authors); semiotic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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