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noun
The act of symbolizing; the use of symbols to represent things, or the investing of things with a symbolic meaning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The unconscious mental representation of one thing by another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: symbolism, symbolisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: practice, pattern
noun
something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: symbol, symbolisation, symbolic representation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: representational process
Narrower terms: crossbones, horn of plenty, cornucopia, death's head, oriflamme, white feather, emblem, allegory
noun
the use of symbols to convey meaning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: symbolisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: meaning, significance, signification, import
History
From symbol + -ization or symbolize + -ation.
