semiotic

Other forms: semiotics

Use the adjective semiotic to describe something that has to do with the study of symbols.

You're most likely to come across the word semiotic in a college linguistics class. The study of signs, analogies, metaphors, symbolism — and the way they're used in language to aid communication — is called semiotics. Anything having to do with this field is semiotic. The Greek word semeiotikos means "observant of signs," and its root is sema, or "sign."

Definitions of semiotic

1. adjective

   of or relating to semiotics
   “semiotic analysis”

   synonyms: semiotical