master signifier (English, noun)
expansion: master signifier (plural master signifiers)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: A signifier, i.e. a linguistic sign, with no determinate content beyond itself, serving as a nodal point dominating and grounding the content of a chain of other signifiers.
Forms:
form: master signifiers
tags: plural
form: Master-Signifier
tags: alternative
form: master-signifier
tags: alternative