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signification
noun
sig·ni·fi·ca·tion ˌsig-nə-fə-ˈkā-shən 
2
: purport
especially : the meaning that a term, symbol, or character regularly conveys or is intended to convey
Example Sentences
we should assume that the author is using the word in its ordinary signification
Recent Examples on the Web The apartment signs of L.A. announce location through flair, decadence, strangeness, absurdity, signification. 
Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2022 But oranges, which were a delicacy that Leonardo may have seen firsthand at the table of the Duke of Milan, bore significance in the history of painting beyond their signification of luxury. Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021 On March 25, the agency warned Pfizer (PFE) of signification violations at its Hospira facility in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, which makes sterile injectable medicines. Ed Silverman, STAT, 1 Apr. 2020 This self-signification is itself a paradox, insofar as Costa himself approaches the story of Vitalina with an utterly sealed-off, unbroken dramatic realism. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2020 The mixture of messages — the feminized dryer, the phallic gun — creates a seemingly dissonant pileup of signification that mixes male and female, desire and danger, laughter and heartache. Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2020 Anxious to stake a claim for the paintings’ place in art history, critics load them up with extra signification. Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 24 June 2018 Without getting too far into semiotics here, some of the most used emoji are prolifically traded not for their literal representations but for their cultural significations. Vogue, 8 Feb. 2018 Other pieces from the Conversions series saw Acconci burn the hair off his body using a candle or mold his chest into breasts, playing at the margins of gender signification. Kriston Capps, The Atlantic, 3 May 2017 See More
Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2022 But oranges, which were a delicacy that Leonardo may have seen firsthand at the table of the Duke of Milan, bore significance in the history of painting beyond their signification of luxury. Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021 On March 25, the agency warned Pfizer (PFE) of signification violations at its Hospira facility in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, which makes sterile injectable medicines. Ed Silverman, STAT, 1 Apr. 2020 This self-signification is itself a paradox, insofar as Costa himself approaches the story of Vitalina with an utterly sealed-off, unbroken dramatic realism. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2020 The mixture of messages — the feminized dryer, the phallic gun — creates a seemingly dissonant pileup of signification that mixes male and female, desire and danger, laughter and heartache. Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2020 Anxious to stake a claim for the paintings’ place in art history, critics load them up with extra signification. Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 24 June 2018 Without getting too far into semiotics here, some of the most used emoji are prolifically traded not for their literal representations but for their cultural significations. Vogue, 8 Feb. 2018 Other pieces from the Conversions series saw Acconci burn the hair off his body using a candle or mold his chest into breasts, playing at the margins of gender signification. Kriston Capps, The Atlantic, 3 May 2017 See More Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
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