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Vinony

sematology

noun

  1. the branch of knowledge concerned with signs, esp. in relation to thought and knowledge; the study of signs; semiotics
  2. the study or description of meaning in language; semantics (Now rare)
  3. the art of interpretation by signs (Obsolete. rare)
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “mark, sign”) + Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study”).

  1. The science of signs, particularly of verbal signs, in the operation of thinking and reasoning; the science of language as expressed by signs.