Meaning

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Meaning most commonly refers to:

• Meaning (linguistics), meaning which is communicated through the use of language
• Meaning (non-linguistic), a general term of art to capture senses of the word "meaning", independent from its linguistic uses
• Meaning (philosophy), definition, elements, and types of meaning discussed in philosophy
• The meaning of life, the significance, purpose, or worth of human existence

Meaning may also refer to:

• Meaning (psychology), epistemological position, in psychology as well as philosophy, linguistics, semiotics and sociology
• Meaning (semiotics), the distribution of signs in sign relations
• Meaning (existential), the meaning of life in contemporary existentialism
• Meaning, the product of a process of a meaning-making
• Meaning, "the individual's sense of understanding events in which he is engaged", described in Social alienation § Meaninglessness