symbolism
Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
Other meanings
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.
Related words
- antisymbolism
- ethnosymbolism
- phonetic symbolism
- sound symbolism
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