Signified

Synonyms for "signified" (27 found)

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cognitive representationconceptual meaningdenotativedenoteexplicitideainterpreted ideamental conceptmental imagemental representationnotionperceived meaningreferentrepresentsignal

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conceptual meaninglinguistic meaninglinguistic signifiedmental conceptreferential signifiedsemiotic signifiedsemiotics termsignified conceptsignified meaningsignify a changesignify approvalsignify dangersignify importancesignify intentionsignify meaning

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“The appeal of the house for Americans, going back into the 20th century, was that it signified autonomy. You know, every home is a castle,” says Louis Hyman, an economic historian and assistant professor at Cornell University. “So, it has these echoes of signifying independence and achievement.”

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The signifier is not identical to the signified.

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The men pointed to the west, and signified that they would soon come to a village where they could obtain what they wanted.

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The signifiers are the same, but not the signified.

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