symbolization
symbolization · symbolizations
The act of symbolizingThe act of symbolizing; the use of symbols to represent things, or the investing of things with a symbolic meaning.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of symbolizing; the use of symbols to represent things, or the investing of things with a symbolic meaning.
the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning
(countable, uncountable)The unconscious mental representation of one thing by another.
Origin
From symbol + -ization or symbolize + -ation.From symbol + -ization or symbolize + -ation.
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Forms
plural: symbolizations| Singular | symbolization |
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regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- the use of symbols to convey meaning:symbolisation
- the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning:symbolismsymbolisation
- something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible:symbolsymbolisationsymbolic representation
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedsymbolize
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable