Definition of "signifiers" []

• Plural form of signifier. (noun)

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