Meaning

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Meaning most commonly refers to:

  • Meaning (linguistics), meaning which is communicated through the use of language
  • Meaning (non-linguistic), a general term of art to capture senses of the word "meaning", independent from its linguistic uses
  • Meaning (philosophy), definition, elements, and types of meaning discussed in philosophy
  • The meaning of life, the significance, purpose, or worth of human existence

Meaning may also refer to:

  • Meaning (psychology), epistemological position, in psychology as well as philosophy, linguistics, semiotics and sociology
  • Meaning (semiotics), the distribution of signs in sign relations
  • Meaning (existential), the meaning of life in contemporary existentialism

Arts and entertainment

  • Meanings (album), a 2004 album by Gad Elbaz
  • "Meaning" (House), a 2006 episode of the TV series House
  • Meaning (music), the philosophical question of meaning in relation to music
  • "Meaning", a 2007 song by Gavin DeGraw from Chariot
  • "The Meaning", a song on Discipline (Janet Jackson album) (2008)
  • The Meaning (album), a 2011 album by Layzie Bone

See also

Wikiquote has quotations related to Meaning.
  • Hermeneutics, the theory of text interpretation
  • Linguistics, the scientific study of language
  • Logotherapy, psychotherapy based on an existential analysis
  • Meant to Be (disambiguation)
  • Notion (disambiguation)
  • Proposition (disambiguation)
  • Semantics, the study of meaning
  • Significance (disambiguation)
  • Meaningless (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles containing Meaning
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