The ideas behind the words, the signified beyond the signifier, is what really matters. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-07-01] Reference
If we presume the signifier is the signified we fall into the trap of logocentrism. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-10] Reference
Both are psychological: the signifier is a “sound - image,” the signified is the concept associated with this sound-image. From Wordnik.com. [STRUCTURALISM] Reference
Two of these are bodies: the signifier which is the utterance and the name-bearer which gets signified. From Wordnik.com. [Stoicism] Reference
So they learn the word "signifier" and figure out how to "locate" themselves in the "discourses of power" and they're suddenly STARZ, BABY!. From Wordnik.com. [Justine Lai paints herself having sex with each of the Presidents, beginning with George Washington.] Reference
On a side note, I'd love to see a paraphrase signifier take off ... ". From Wordnik.com. [Black Marks on Wood Pulp / by Corey Vilhauer] Reference
This invokes the ever popular Saussurean sign, which had two parts: "sign / signifier" leaving ambiguous what the "signifier" is. From Wordnik.com. [COMIXTALK] Reference
Instead, the polysemous signifier "Israel" conflates. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-08-01] Reference
"Progressive" has become a bit of a floating signifier. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference
When tribal signs are overcoded, the signifier is formed as a. From Wordnik.com. [Gilles Deleuze] Reference
They talked about health care but only as a character signifier. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Curry: Republicans Still Set the Agenda] Reference
HAMMER: Country music has become a signifier in American politics. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2006] Reference
Before he could speak, Cermo's signifier beeped from his finger-coder. From Wordnik.com. [Tides Of Light]
In fact, chocolate is joining wine as a signifier of gourmet aspirations. From Wordnik.com. [FOR THE LOVE OF CHOCOLATE] Reference
Money is a big signifier to superdelegates of the actual underlying support. From Wordnik.com. [Despite Raising $22 Million In April, The Hillary Campaign Is In The Red] Reference
We believe that we've found a sequence of knots that was a unique signifier. From Wordnik.com. [Conversations: String Theorist] Reference
Small self-conconsciously distinct tribes have these affectations as a signifier. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The mental label is the object that is the actual signifier (dngos-kyi brjod-byed). From Wordnik.com. [The Appearance and Cognition of Nonexistent Phenomena: Non-Gelug Presentation] Reference
Object that is the actual signifier, Object actually signified by the mental aspect. From Wordnik.com. [Fine Analysis of Objects of Cognition: Non-Gelug Presentation] Reference
Now she wants to take Don to some place in Little Italy — is that a boho signifier?. From Wordnik.com. [Mad Men Recap: Showdown at the Uh-Oh Corral: Bruce Handy] Reference
Johnny Cupcakes is selling the idea of cupcakes — cupcakes as hip postmodern signifier. From Wordnik.com. [Let Them Eat Cupcakes] Reference
Object conceptually implied as the signifier, Conceptually implied object being signified. From Wordnik.com. [Fine Analysis of Objects of Cognition: Non-Gelug Presentation] Reference
If you can't call a neo-Nazi a "fascist," then the term has become merely a floating signifier. From Wordnik.com. [Fascism] Reference
Ever since area codes were invented, 212 has been the automatic signifier of elite New York status. From Wordnik.com. [HELLO, MANHATTAN? I LIVE HERE!] Reference
Kia wants to own the styling imperative and its "tiger's nose" front grille is its brand signifier. From Wordnik.com. [A Stylish SUV With a Hollow Core] Reference
And suddenly this becomes some big sort of signifier of whether or not I'm in tune with blue collar culture. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 11, 2008] Reference
Darkness has become a signifier for deepness, for deep seriousness — most often a substitute for it, alas. From Wordnik.com. [In New ���Quality TV,��� Dark Is New Light: CSI-ing of America] Reference
I refuse, however, to end this post on that unfortunate image -- and why grant Rove the last word and signifier?. From Wordnik.com. [John Seery: Karl Rove Should Apologize to the Nation] Reference
The object that is the actual signifier of the commonsense orange is the audio category orange (the involved object). From Wordnik.com. [Fine Analysis of Objects of Cognition: Non-Gelug Presentation] Reference
While not yet profitable, Facebook has achieved in only four years the signifier of a premium brand - it is now a verb. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Schwartz: Facebook's Face Plant: The Poverty of Social Networks and the Death of Web 2.0] Reference
In hindsight, however, since when has having a singer who looks like he wants to be there been a signifier of a great gig?. From Wordnik.com. [The Fall online - latest Fall News] Reference
This is not a distinction between form and content or signifier and signified,4 with special emphasis being given to form. From Wordnik.com. [FallNet - Riot Grrls fronted by fit'n'working again bloke on loudhailer] Reference
Rather, Clinton is an icon, a signifier, a self-confessed 'Rorschach test,' onto which we project the interpretation of our choosing. From Wordnik.com. [Rachel Hills: Hillary Clinton and Us Weekly Politics] Reference
Reply Obj. 1: Though the same thing can be signified by divers signs, yet to determine which sign must be used belongs to the signifier. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
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