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semiurgic

semiurgic adjective: pertaining to semiurgy; involving the creation of new meanings through the production of signifiers.

Adjective

semiurgic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to semiurgy; involving the creation of new meanings through the production of signifiers.
    • Baudrillard (1981, 185f.) describes the transition from a metallurgic society, defined as a society of production, to a semiurgic order characterized by the proliferation of signs, simulacra, and images.1991, Henry A. Giroux, Postmodernism, Feminism, and Cultural Politics, →ISBN, page 63
    • Baudrillard's semiurgic culture is thus infused with simulated codes and models that actually produce the reality which they purport to represent (Seidman, 1994).2000, Jay J. Coakley, Eric Dunning, Handbook of Sports Studies, →ISBN, page 128

Origin of semiurgic

From semiurgy + -ic.

Words formed from semiurgic

Questions about semiurgic

What does semiurgic mean?
Semiurgic means pertaining to semiurgy; involving the creation of new meanings through the production of signifiers.
What part of speech is semiurgic?
Semiurgic is an adjective.

Words near semiurgic in the dictionary

  1. semiuniformity
  2. semiuniformly
  3. semiuniforms
  4. semiupright
  5. semiurban
  6. semiurgic
  7. semiurgically
  8. semiurgy
  9. semivacancies
  10. semivacancy
  11. semivacant

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