symbolism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
An art movement originating in late 19th-century France and Belgium, seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images, mainly as a reaction against naturalism and realism.
A combining together of parts or ingredients.

/ˈsɪmbəˌlɪzəm/ en-us-symbolism.ogg

symbolism symbolisms

From symbol + -ism, sense 2 being a semantic loan from French symbolisme.

symbolic symbolist symbolize

antisymbolism ethnosymbolism phonetic symbolism sound symbolism

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