symbolization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of symbolizing; the use of symbols to represent things, or the investing of things with a symbolic meaning.
  2. The unconscious mental representation of one thing by another.

Word forms

symbolization symbolizations

Etymology

From symbol + -ization or symbolize + -ation.

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