signifier
pronunciation
How to pronounce signifier in British English:
UK [ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪə(r)]
How to pronounce signifier in American English:
US [ ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪər]
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- Noun:
- the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
Word Origin
- signifier (n.)
- 1530s, agent noun from signify. In U.S. black use by 1962.
Example
- 1. University autonomy and academic freedom : the floating signifier .
- 2. It was a master signifier .
- 3. To achieve this greatness modernistic art went at length to disintegrate the signifier .
- 4. Excessiveness of signifier and deficiency of dialogue - on language features of opera of the absurd .
- 5. A sign must have both a signifier and a signified ; you cannot have a meaningless .