semiosis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Noun[edit]
semiosis (countable and uncountable, plural semiosises)
- (semiotics) Any activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, including the production of meaning.