symbolism
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English
Etymology
From symbol + -ism, sense 2 being a semantic loan from French symbolisme.
Pronunciation
Noun
symbolism (countable and uncountable, plural symbolisms)
- Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
- 1911 May, “Insanity and the Art of the Borderland”, in The International Studio, volume 32, number 171, page 32:
- The undeveloped or mysterically confused thought which exists in savages is fully exemplified in the childish or crazy atavistic anthropomorphism and symbolism so prevalent among degenerates.
- 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.
- (obsolete) A combining together of parts or ingredients.
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Translations
representation of a concept
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Swedish
Etymology
Noun
symbolism c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | symbolism | symbolisms |
| definite | symbolismen | symbolismens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |