Terministic screen is a term in the theory and criticism of rhetoric. It involves the acknowledgment of a language system that determines an individual's perception and symbolic action in the world.

What is an example of a Terministic screen?

Examples. When a person says gender, most people, based on their individual beliefs, normally think of male or female. However, some could think of intersex individuals. If someone says they think of male, female, and intersex, more would be reflected about the person based on their terminology.

How are a scientistic and Dramatistic approach different for Burke?

He differentiates between the scientistic and the dramatistic approaches to terministic screens, claiming that the scientistic screen is concerned with naming and definition, while a dramatistic approach is more conerned with language as an aspect of symbolic action.