sematology
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “mark, sign”) + Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study”).
Noun[edit]
sematology (usually uncountable, plural sematologies)
- The science of signs, particularly of verbal signs, in the operation of thinking and reasoning; the science of language as expressed by signs.
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Further reading[edit]
- “sematology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “sematology”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “sematology”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.