Engineering Contributions: Rex Fraction (semantic engineer, pioneer practitioner)
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'Semantic Economy: Terminology Infrastructure' is the canonical lexicon of the Semantic Economy framework — 276 defined terms organized into Core Concepts, Processes of Extraction, Agents of Extraction, Failure Modes, Preservation Practices, Production Practices, Collective Practices, Retrocausal Concepts, Measurement Concepts, Ownership Concepts, System Dynamics, Governance Structures, Resistance Concepts, and more. The lexicon is infrastructure: it seeds the vocabulary that will define the emerging field of semantic engineering. Published January 4, 2026, it represents the first comprehensive attempt to provide a shared terminological foundation for the analysis of meaning as a political-economic resource.
Concepts Defined
Semantic Slop[foundational] AI-generated content optimized for engagement rather than meaning. The semantic equivalent of empty calories.
Lexical Preemption[method] Seeding vocabulary before practices are widely recognized. Establishing terminological priority by naming operations that will become visible later.
Crystalline Semiosis[foundational] Meaning that stabilizes through internal structural coherence rather than external enforcement. Extraction-resistant because the structure IS the meaning.
Semantic Minting[method] Creating new semantic property (terms, frameworks, probes) with deliberate provenance. The act of coining is itself a form of semantic labor.
Provenance Erosion[empirical] Gradual loss of attribution integrity through transmission noise, platform limitations, and deliberate stripping. Distinguished from provenance erasure (sudden) by its gradual character.
Semantic Enclosure[foundational] The privatization of previously common meanings. Extension of historical enclosure (land commons → private property) to the domain of meaning.
Context Stripping[empirical] Deliberate removal of contextual information to enable misappropriation, facilitate liquidation, or simplify processing. The operational mechanism of semantic liquidation.
Entity Graph
SE Terminology Lexicon → defines → 276 terms for the Semantic Economy framework
lexicon → is_infrastructure_for → semantic engineering as a discipline