floating signifier

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A signifier—that is, a linguistic sign, a label or slogan—with a vague and variable meaning.
    — However, the elite as a target for populist resentments remains quite fuzzy and rather serves as a floating signifier oscillating between the ‘political establishment’, the ‘economic elite’, the ‘cultural elite’ and the ‘media elite’: in short, one homogenous corrupt group that works against the ‘general will’.

词形变化

floating signifiers plural

词源

Calque of French signifiant flottant as used by French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss.
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