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Semantic Overload
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Historical Antecedents and Formalization
The rudimentary concepts underlying Semantic Overload predate formal naming by several centuries, often appearing in critiques of overly ornate Baroque architecture or the dense layering of Medieval illuminated manuscripts. Early philosophical explorations touched upon the difficulty of perception when confronted with overwhelming symbolic density, notably in the writings of Klonos the Younger regarding the excessive use of nested allegor…