semasiology UK /ˌsiːmeɪsɪˈɒləd͡ʒɪ/US /sɪmeɪsiˈɑləd͡ʒi/ noun1 •Semantics; a discipline within linguistics concerned with the meaning of a word independent of its phonetic expression."The early theories of semasiology attempted to account for meaning shifts in language." — 2001 formssemasiologies
