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-[[Image:Theatre from Ars Memoriae by Robert Fludd.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Ars Memoriae]]'': The [[Theatre]] ([[1619]]) - [[Robert Fludd]]+{| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5"
 +| style="text-align: left;" | 'The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words [[meaning|mean]] so many different things' [['The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things'|[...]]] --''[[Through the Looking-Glass]]''
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 +"[[Words: Can't say what they mean don't mean what they say]]" --[[Tom Tom Club]]
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 +[[Image:Theatre from Ars Memoriae by Robert Fludd.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Ars Memoriae]]'': The [[Theatre]] ([[1619]]) - [[Robert Fludd]]
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“In the [[illusion|illusory]] [[babel]]s of [[language]], an [[artist]] might [[avant-garde|advance]] specifically to get [[lost]], and to [[drugs|intoxicate]] himself in dizzying syntaxes, seeking odd [[intersection]]s of [[meaning]], [[strange]] corridors of history, [[unexpected]] echoes, [[unknown]] humors, or [[void]]s of [[knowledge…]] but this quest is [[risky]], full of bottomless [[fiction]]s and endless architectures and [[counter]]-architectures… at the end, if there is an end, are perhaps only [[meaningless]] reverberations.” --[[Robert Smithson]]]] “In the [[illusion|illusory]] [[babel]]s of [[language]], an [[artist]] might [[avant-garde|advance]] specifically to get [[lost]], and to [[drugs|intoxicate]] himself in dizzying syntaxes, seeking odd [[intersection]]s of [[meaning]], [[strange]] corridors of history, [[unexpected]] echoes, [[unknown]] humors, or [[void]]s of [[knowledge…]] but this quest is [[risky]], full of bottomless [[fiction]]s and endless architectures and [[counter]]-architectures… at the end, if there is an end, are perhaps only [[meaningless]] reverberations.” --[[Robert Smithson]]]]
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'''Meaning''' refers to the the symbolic [[value]] of [[something]], its significance. In semantics it refers to the [[object]]s or [[concept]] that a [[word]] or [[phrase]] [[denote]]s, or that which a sentence says. '''Meaning''' refers to the the symbolic [[value]] of [[something]], its significance. In semantics it refers to the [[object]]s or [[concept]] that a [[word]] or [[phrase]] [[denote]]s, or that which a sentence says.
-'''Meaning''' may refer to:+'''Meaning''' may also refer to:
* [[Meaning (linguistics)]], which is communicated through the use of languages * [[Meaning (linguistics)]], which is communicated through the use of languages
* [[Meaning (semiotics)]] has to do with the distribution of signs in sign relations * [[Meaning (semiotics)]] has to do with the distribution of signs in sign relations
-* Meaning as a relationship between [[ontology]] and [[truth]]+* [[Meaning (philosophy of language)]], definition, elements, and types of meaning discussed in philosophy
-* Meaning as a [[reference]] or [[Logical equivalence|equivalence]]+* [[Meaning (psychology)]], epistemological position, in psychology as well as philosophy, linguistics, semiotics and sociology
-* [[Meaning (philosophy of language)]]+
-* [[Meaning (psychology)]]+
-* Meaning as [[value (personal and cultural)|values]], a [[value system]] or as derived from [[value theory]]+
* [[Meaning (existential)]], as it is understood in contemporary [[existentialism]] * [[Meaning (existential)]], as it is understood in contemporary [[existentialism]]
* The [[meaning of life]], a notion concerning the nature of human existence * The [[meaning of life]], a notion concerning the nature of human existence
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*''[[Taste: The Secret Meaning of Things]]'' (1991) by Stephen Bayley *''[[Taste: The Secret Meaning of Things]]'' (1991) by Stephen Bayley
==Etymology== ==Etymology==
-From Middle English ''mening, menyng'', equivalent to ''mean +‎ -ing''. Cognate with Scots ''mening'' (“intent, purpose, sense, meaning”), West Frisian ''miening'' (“opinion, mind”), Dutch ''mening'' (“view, opinion, judgement”), German ''Meinung'' (“opinion, view, mind, idea”), Danish and Swedish ''mening'' (“meaning, sense, sentence, opinion”), Icelandic ''meining'' (“meaning”).+From Middle English ''mening, menyng'', equivalent to ''mean +‎ -ing''. Cognate with Scots ''mening'' (“intent, purpose, sense, meaning”), West Frisian ''miening'' (“[[opinion]], [[mind]]”), Dutch ''mening'' (“[[view]], opinion, [[judgement]]”), German ''Meinung'' (“opinion, view, mind, [[idea]]”), Danish and Swedish ''mening'' (“meaning, [[sense]], [[sentence]], opinion”), Icelandic ''meining'' (“meaning”).
-==Citations==+
-*[['The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things']]+
-*"[[Words: Can't say what they mean don't mean what they say]]" --[[Tom Tom Club]]+
==See also== ==See also==
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* [[Definition]] * [[Definition]]
* [[Denotation]] * [[Denotation]]
-* [[Dicta]]+* [[Dictum]]
* [[Dictionary]] * [[Dictionary]]
* [[Double entendre]] * [[Double entendre]]
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* ''[[Man's Search for Meaning]]'' (1946) by Viktor Frankl * ''[[Man's Search for Meaning]]'' (1946) by Viktor Frankl
* [[Meaninglessness]] * [[Meaninglessness]]
 +* [[Meme]]
* [[Metaphor]] * [[Metaphor]]
* [[Nonsense]] * [[Nonsense]]
* [[Opinion]] * [[Opinion]]
* [[Philosophers encroaching on the province of grammarians]] * [[Philosophers encroaching on the province of grammarians]]
 +* [[Polysemy]]
* [[Purpose]] * [[Purpose]]
-* [[Semantics]] for a general article on the study of meaning+* [[Semantics]]
 +* [[Sententiae]]
* [[Significance]] * [[Significance]]
 +* [[Symbolism]]
* [[Thesaurus]] * [[Thesaurus]]
-* [[Tropes]]+* [[Trope]]
 +* [[Utterance]]
* ''[[Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?]]'', a painting by Paul Gauguin * ''[[Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?]]'', a painting by Paul Gauguin
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'The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things' [...] --Through the Looking-Glass

"Words: Can't say what they mean don't mean what they say" --Tom Tom Club

Ars Memoriae: The Theatre (1619) - Robert Fludd  “In the illusory babels of language, an artist might advance specifically to get lost, and to intoxicate himself in dizzying syntaxes, seeking odd intersections of meaning, strange corridors of history, unexpected echoes, unknown humors, or voids of knowledge… but this quest is risky, full of bottomless fictions and endless architectures and counter-architectures… at the end, if there is an end, are perhaps only meaningless reverberations.” --Robert Smithson
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Ars Memoriae: The Theatre (1619) - Robert Fludd
“In the illusory babels of language, an artist might advance specifically to get lost, and to intoxicate himself in dizzying syntaxes, seeking odd intersections of meaning, strange corridors of history, unexpected echoes, unknown humors, or voids of knowledge… but this quest is risky, full of bottomless fictions and endless architectures and counter-architectures… at the end, if there is an end, are perhaps only meaningless reverberations.” --Robert Smithson
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Meaning refers to the the symbolic value of something, its significance. In semantics it refers to the objects or concept that a word or phrase denotes, or that which a sentence says.

Meaning may also refer to:

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Etymology

From Middle English mening, menyng, equivalent to mean +‎ -ing. Cognate with Scots mening (“intent, purpose, sense, meaning”), West Frisian miening (“opinion, mind”), Dutch mening (“view, opinion, judgement”), German Meinung (“opinion, view, mind, idea”), Danish and Swedish mening (“meaning, sense, sentence, opinion”), Icelandic meining (“meaning”).

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