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• n  the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

• Race will remain a primary signifier for a long, long time.
• In the 1980s he began to work creamy flows of paint across the canvas in an all-too-plain signifier for the surface of water.
• A signifier of class struggle since the late 1800s, the color red was once ubiquitous in communist strongholds such as the Soviet Union and China.

• form
• word form
• descriptor

News & Articles

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• This Mustang Fastback May Not Be A Bullitt, But It Is A Bullet
  The car Steve McQueen slid through San Francisco in That Movie With The Car Chase™ has become the primary signifier for green, late-60s Mustang fastbacks. But this green Mustang fastback, quite frankly, makes Frank Bullitt's car look like a bit of a schmendrick. This week on the season premiere of /BIG MUSCLE , Mike Musto drives and profiles a serious 1967 Mustang (Frank's was a '68) California ...
  July 8, 2013 - Jalopnik

Quotes

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• Richard Ayoade in Times Online
  I'm not sure the hair is a signifier of any kind,Richard Ayoade says when we speak on the phone a few days after Liverpool.