symbolism

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The symbolism of fares, he was told, is very important in two ways.

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a system of symbols and symbolic representations

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noun

a system of symbols and symbolic representations

noun

the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning

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an artistic movement in the late 19th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of images

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Core meanings and parts of speech for symbolism.

noun

a system of symbols and symbolic representations

noun

the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning

noun

an artistic movement in the late 19th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of images

Example sentences

The symbolism of fares, he was told, is very important in two ways.

All armchair commentators would do well to consider this one:Q: There’s a lot of symbolism to your return.

Obviously a huge number of deaths associated with it, but the symbolism was key.

[...] By the aid of symbolism, we can make transitions in reasoning almost mechanically, by the eye, which otherwise would call into play the higher faculties of the brain.

The symbolism of American freedom is entirely about a limited government who can't oppress their people.

" I think of symbolism; "The jacket the protagonist wore symbolizes this, them getting in the car symbolizes that, their mother symbolizes..." It's quite possible for stories to have morals without any symbolism.

To quote pg, "students are writing not about how a baseball team with a small budget might compete with the Yankees, or the role of color in fashion, or what constitutes a good dessert, but about symbolism in Dickens.

""In 2006, a straight family in Kansas had to defend flying a rainbow flag at their bed and breakfast from some angry townspeople... Understanding the wider symbolism, the owners nevertheless chose to fly the flag because their young son said it reminded him of the movie The Wizard of Oz, evoking the movie's signature song, Over the Rainbow.