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  • noun Plural form of signifier.

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Examples

  • Scholars have explained this away by arguing that the abundance of white signifiers is actually politically radical, with some even going so far as to argue that this extremely white world depicts a kind of post-racial utopia.

    Literary Study 2009

  • Ah yes, those one word signifiers for character: virile Morgan, straitlaced Gaby.

    Archive 2006-09-03 Miss Snark 2006

  • But we CAN use words--i.e, "signifiers"--to represent sunsets and orgasms pretty well if we really try, and so we can also use them to represent mystical experience."

    Speedlinking 9/3/07 William Harryman 2007

  • Since both terms are essentially empty, mere "signifiers" in current critical parlance, not a hair's breadth separates them.

    Kafka and the Coincidence of Opposites 2007

  • We have come to rely on immediate impressions of particular 'signifiers' to determine whether or not someone is a good parent - is that child eating too many sweets?

    Kos RSS Feed 2010

  • We have come to rely on immediate impressions of particular 'signifiers' to determine whether or not someone is a good parent - is that child eating too many sweets?

    Kos RSS Feed 2010

  • We have come to rely on immediate impressions of particular 'signifiers' to determine whether or not someone is a good parent - is that child eating too many sweets?

    Kos RSS Feed 2010

  • We have come to rely on immediate impressions of particular 'signifiers' to determine whether or not someone is a good parent - is that child eating too many sweets?

    Kos RSS Feed 2010

  • We have come to rely on immediate impressions of particular 'signifiers' to determine whether or not someone is a good parent - is that child eating too many sweets?

    Kos RSS Feed 2010

  • We have come to rely on immediate impressions of particular 'signifiers' to determine whether or not someone is a good parent - is that child eating too many sweets?

    Kos RSS Feed 2010

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