Meaning

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

Arts and entertainment

• Meanings (album), a 2004 album by Gad Elbaz
• "Meaning" (House), a 2006 episode of the TV series House
• Meaning (music), the philosophical question of meaning in relation to music
• "Meaning", a 2007 song by Gavin DeGraw from Chariot
• "The Meaning", a song on Discipline (Janet Jackson album) (2008)
• The Meaning (album), a 2011 album by Layzie Bone

See also

• Contronym
• Hermeneutics, the theory of text interpretation
• Importance, a property of entities that matter or make a difference
• Linguistics, the scientific study of language
• Logotherapy, psychotherapy based on an existential analysis
• Semantics, the study of meaning
• Meaningless (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Meaning