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semiosphere

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The sphere of semiosis in which the sign processes operate in the set of all interconnected Umwelts; The domain of all signs that represent and define a culture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semiotics

Examples

  • 2003 Iu. M. Lotman, Edna Andrews - Conversations With Lotman: Cultural Semiotics in Language, Literature, and Cognition Lotman's conceptualization of the semiosphere was inspired by Vernadsky's and Teilhard de Chardin's vision of the biosphere and the noosphere.

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Etymology

Etymology tree English semio- Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)bor. Latin sphaera Late Latin sphērader. Old French spherebor. Middle English spere English sphere English -sphere English semiosphere From semio- + -sphere.