Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
  2. (countable, uncountable) 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.
  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A combining together of parts or ingredients.

Frequency

25k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsɪmbəˌlɪzəm/
Etymology

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

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