Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
- (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.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A combining together of parts or ingredients.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsɪmbəˌlɪzəm/
Etymology
From symbol + -ism, sense 2 being a semantic loan from French symbolisme.
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