Signifier

/sˈɪɡnɪfˌa‍ɪ‍ə/

/sˈɪɡnɪfˌaɪɚ/

Signifier

the physical or perceptible form of a sign, such as a word, sound, image, or gesture, that represents or signifies a particular meaning or concept

Examples

1. They're signifiers of shame and submission.

2. They're signifiers of something.

3. Throughout 20th-century pop culture, similar-looking mansions appeared again and again as signifiers of dread in horror movies, television, and Gothic pulp novels.

4. They would be the signifiers of membership.