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PRONUNCIATION OF GENERAL SEMANTICS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GENERAL SEMANTICS

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General semantics is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GENERAL SEMANTICS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

General semantics

General semantics is a program begun in the 1920s that seeks to regulate the evaluative operations performed in the human brain. After partial launches under the names "human engineering" and "humanology," Polish-American originator Alfred Korzybski fully launched the program as "general semantics" in 1933 with the publication of Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics. General semantics should not be confused with generalized semantics. Misunderstandings traceable to the discipline's name have greatly complicated the program's history and development. The sourcebook for general semantics, Science and Sanity, presents general semantics as both a theoretical and a practical system whose adoption can reliably alter human behavior in the direction of greater sanity. Its author asserted that general semantics training could eventually unify people and nations. In the 1947 preface to the third edition of Science and Sanity, Korzybski wrote, "We need not blind ourselves with the old dogma that 'human nature cannot be changed,' for we find that it can be changed.

Definition of general semantics in the English dictionary

The definition of general semantics in the dictionary is a school of thought, founded by Alfred Korzybski, that stresses the arbitrary nature of language and other symbols and the problems that result from misunderstanding their nature.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GENERAL SEMANTICS

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General Studies
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WORDS THAT END LIKE GENERAL SEMANTICS

antics
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genetics
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Synonyms and antonyms of general semantics in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «general semantics» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GENERAL SEMANTICS

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The translations of general semantics from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «general semantics» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

普通语义学
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

semántica general
570 millions of speakers

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general semantics
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सामान्य शब्दों
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

دلالات عامة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

общие семантика
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

semântica geral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাধারণ পরিভাষা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la sémantique générale
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Translator English - Malay

Semantik umum
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Translator English - German

allgemeine Semantik
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Translator English - Japanese

一般意味論
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Translator English - Korean

일반적인 의미
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Semantik umum
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

ngữ nghĩa chung
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொது சொற்பொருள் விளக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सामान्य अर्थशास्त्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Genel semantik
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Translator English - Italian

semantica generale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

semantyka ogólna
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Translator English - Ukrainian

загальні семантика
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Translator English - Romanian

semantică generale
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Translator English - Greek

γενική σημασιολογία
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

algemene semantiek
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Translator English - Swedish

allmänna semantik
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

generell semantikk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of general semantics

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GENERAL SEMANTICS»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GENERAL SEMANTICS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about general semantics

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GENERAL SEMANTICS»

Discover the use of general semantics in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to general semantics and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Buddhist General Semantics: A New Approach to Buddhist ...
This comprehensive guide to Buddhist philosophy is for those who wish to get in touch with the real world of self-discovery and self-awareness.
Khai Thien, 2004
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General Semantics and Contemporary Thomism
From her first chapter giving a historical sketch of the main ideas to her final chapter surveying the ways in which they have influenced education in America, the book is a mine of useful information.
Margaret Gorman, R. S. C. J. Margaret Gorman, 1962
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The Drug Problem: A New View Using the General Semantics ...
This comprehensive volume offers a dynamic new approach to understanding and solving the drug problem.
Martin H. Levinson, 2002
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Drive Yourself Sane: Using the Uncommon Sense of General ...
I serve on the teaching staff of the Institute's seminar- workshops and as a senior editor of the General Semantics Bulletin, and write about and present general semantics in a variety of forums. My doctorate is in Applied Epistemology: General ...
Susan Presby Kodish, Bruce I. Kodish, 2001
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Meaning and Speech Acts: Volume 2, Formal Semantics of ...
THE. IDEAL. CONCEPTUAL. LANGUAGE. OF. GENERAL. SEMANTICS. The aim of this chapter is to present the logical syntax of the ideal unambiguous and perspicuous object-language of general semantics. As I said earlier, general ...
Daniel Vanderveken, 2009
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Meaning and Speech Acts: Formal semantics of success and ...
The primary aim of this chapter is to specify an axiomatic system in which all generally valid formulas of the ideal language Lm of general semantics are provable. II AXIOMS AND RULES OF INFERENCE As I announced earlier, the axiomatic ...
Daniel Vanderveken, 1990
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Thinking Creātically: A Systematic, Interdisciplinary ...
The Effect of Presenting General Semantics Lessons in Five Media upon the Development of Critical Thinking in Junior High School Students. Ph.D., New York University, 1979. DAI V40(5) Sec A, p. 2449. 17. Livingston, Howard. The Effect of ...
Kenneth G. Johnson, 1991
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Concise Encyclopedia of Semantics
verbal 'meaning' and words defined by words, and the present theoretical term general semantics, which deals only with neurosemantic and neurolinguistic living reactions of Smith1, Smith2, etc., as their reactions to neurosemantic and ...
Keith Allan, 2010
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Alfred Korzybski: Collected Writings, 1920-1950
BECAUSE the cultural crisis of our time is growing more acute, and BECAUSE we believe that the system of General Semantics formulated by Alfred Korzybski provides a method of applying the findings of modern science to the problems of  ...
M. Kendig, 1990
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Doing Ethics in Media: Theories and Practical Applications
The field of general semantics provides some additional ideas about how to connect language and truth in ways that improve the media ethics environment ( Black, 2001; 2009). General semantics, a field of study framed by Alfred Korzybski in ...
Jay Black, Chris Roberts, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GENERAL SEMANTICS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term general semantics is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sanford Berman, longtime stage hypnotist, 90
Mr. Berman was a specialist in general semantics — the study of the relationship between people and the language they speak — who taught ... «U-T San Diego, Jul 15»
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Design Your Metaphor: Case Prep
Recalling the saying from the "general semantics" perspective on human communication that "the map is not the territory," it is good to ... «The National Law Review, Jun 15»
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7th Annual Seminar on “The Enigma Of Law” (Submit abstracts by …
The Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences in collaboration with The English and Foreign Languages ... «Bar & Bench, Jun 15»
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Entrepreneurship weekend awards thousands in prizes
General Semantics, a team that has developed a software package to visualize data from Internet-connected devices and which previously won ... «Yale Daily News, Apr 15»
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On Kamala Das and Bilingual Writing
... and Bini B S, academic fellow, Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences, Baroda also presented papers. «The New Indian Express, Mar 15»
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Didion. 'The White Album.' #ICantBreathe.
at S.I. Hayakawa (the founder of general semantics) -- it appears that not one of them is paying attention. They are mesmerized instead by the ... «Houston Chronicle, Dec 14»
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Robert Anton Wilson's Cosmic Trigger, and the psychedelic …
... Aleister Crowley's Magick, Count Alfred Korzybski's General Semantics, Dr. John Lilly's sensory deprivation tank, conspiracy theories, Sufism, ... «Boing Boing, Sep 14»
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Joseph Gross Gallery Presents Ted Lawson's “The Map is Not The …
... who pioneered the theory of general semantics that explained human experience as limited by biology and language. The concept serves as ... «Hyperallergic, Sep 14»
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William S. Burroughs and the Dead-End Horror of the Centipede God
... and by his formative exposure to Alfred Korzybski's “general semantics,” a system of linguistic philosophy founded on the notion that “the map ... «Boing Boing, Aug 14»
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It's time to stop calling them alcoholics and addicts
The study of General Semantics, the study of the scientific use of the language, presents this very clearly. Don't dismiss what Dr. Neil Capretto ... «Timesonline.com, Jul 14»

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