symbolization

(eg. hindu, ancient, interpretation )

symbolization Meaning of "symbolization"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) the use of symbols to convey meaning
  2. (n) something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
  3. (n) the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning

Synonym(s)

symbolism, symbol, symbolic representation, symbolisation

Usage(s):

  1. All this he can do with supreme skill because of his unique capacity for language and symbolization.
  2. All the same, there were difficulties of symbolization, which is why the distinctions that early theologians drew between various levels of angels did not endure in art.
  3. The face of death itself is faced with no embellishment, no symbolization into monsters or abstractions into spirituality: a random bullet in the face, the knife of an enemy soldier.
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