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semiology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables
semi-ol-o-gy
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Semiotics, the study of signs.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The science of the signs or symptoms of disease; symptomatology.

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

noun

The art of using signs in signalling.

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

noun

The symptom expression of an epileptic seizure.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From New Latin semaeologia, from Ancient Greek σημεῖον (sēmeîon, “sign”) + -logia (“-logy”). By surface analysis, semio- + -logy.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: semaeologia, σημεῖον

Usage

Inflected Forms

semiologies (plural)

Derived Forms

semiological semiologist

Frequently Paired Words

symbology

Synonyms

semiotics

Questions

What does semiology mean?
Semiotics, the study of signs.
Where does semiology come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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