# semiosis

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, including the production of meaning.

## Etymology
Coined by Charles Sanders Peirce to describe a process that interprets signs as referring to their objects, as described in his theory of sign relations, or semiotics.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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