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floating signifier

signifier without a referent
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floating signifier

Summary

floating signifier is a concept in linguistics[1]. It draws 85 Wikipedia views per month (concept_in_linguistics category, ranking #4 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • floating signifier's instance of is recorded as concept in linguistics[3].
  • floating signifier's subclass of is recorded as signifier[4].
  • floating signifier's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/080g5v[5].
  • floating signifier's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11j3xctb4k[6].
  • floating signifier's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 7477976[7].
  • floating signifier's Encyclopedia of Ideas ID is recorded as floating-signifier[8].

Why It Matters

floating signifier draws 85 Wikipedia views per month (concept_in_linguistics category, ranking #4 of 12).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). floating signifier. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/floating-signifier
MLA “floating signifier.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/floating-signifier.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_floating-signifier_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{floating signifier}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/floating-signifier}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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