symbolism

Plural: symbolisms

Noun

• a system of symbols and symbolic representations
• the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning
• an artistic movement in the late 19th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of images
• Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
• 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.
• A combining together of parts or ingredients.

Synonyms

symbolisation, symbolization

Related Words

symbolic, symbolist, symbolize