Definition of semiosis in English:
 semiosis
noun sɛmɪˈəʊsɪsˌsiːmɪˈəʊsɪsˌsemˌī-
mass nounLinguistics The process of signification in language or literature.
 Example sentencesExamples
-  In addition to an anti-Cartesian theory of perception mentioned earlier, this move requires an updated and enriched non-representational view of language and semiosis, together with a concept of ‘sensory act’.
 -  His reason for calling it transcendental semiotics is because he thinks that the notion of semiosis, the sign-relation, provides a useful way of explaining the three paradigms.
 -  Hence truths and origins are effects of writing, too - products of human semiosis.
 -  In this paper, I will try to show that these contributions fail to articulate an adequate concept of embodied personhood for anthropology because they presuppose impoverished notions of semiosis and language.
 -  The second tendency is represented by the large number of works that draw their inspiration from a radical questioning of the structural principles defining semiosis.
 
Origin
  
Early 20th century: from Greek sēmeiosis '(inference from) a sign'.