Look up: symbolism

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   symbolism
   [n] - a system of symbols and symbolic representations 2. [n] - the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning
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   Symbolism
   Late 19th-century movement in French poetry, which inspired a similar trend in French painting. The Symbolist poets used words for their symbolic rather than concrete meaning. Leading exponents...
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   Symbolism
   In the arts, the use of symbols to concentrate or intensify meaning, making the work more subjective than objective. In the visual arts, symbols have been used in works throughout the ages to...
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   Symbolism
   Term Symbolism coined 1886 by French critic Jean Moréas to describe poetry of Mallarmé and Verlaine. Soon applied to art where describes continuation, in face of Impressionism, Realism, Naturalism, of traditional mythological, religious and literary subject matter, but fuelled by new psychological content, particularly erotic and mystical. Complex ...
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   symbolism
   the representation of something by a sign standing for it Category: Medicine • the mechanism by which complexes repressed into unconscious mind evade the censorship and are expressed symbolically in the conscious mind Category: Medicine
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   Symbolism
   Sym'bol·ism noun 1. The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emblematic colors, signs, and forms. 2. A system of symbols or representations. 3. (Chemistry) (a) The practice of using symbols, or the system of notation developed thereby. (b) ...
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   symbolism
   1. The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc, by emblematic colours, signs, and forms. ... 2. A system of symbols or representations. ... 3. <chemistry> The practice of using symbols, or the system of notation developed thereby. A combining togeth ...
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   symbolism
   symbolization noun the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning
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   symbolism
   noun a system of symbols and symbolic representations
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    symbolism
    noun 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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    symbolism
    (sim´bәl-iz-әm) the act or process of representing something by a symbol. in psychoanalytic theory, a mechanism of unconscious thinking characterized by substitution of a symbol for a repressed or threatening impulse or object, which is often of a sexual nature, so as to avoid censorship by the...
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    Symbolism
    • (n.) A combining together of parts or ingredients. • (n.) The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emblematic colors, signs, and forms. • (n.) The practice of using symbols, or the system of notation developed thereby. • (n...
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    symbolism
    (from the article `human behaviour`) Symbolic ability, which appears at about one year of age, can be observed when a child imaginatively treats an object as something other than it ... As with all religious symbolism, there is no attempt to justify mythic narratives or even to render them plausible. Every myth presents itself as an ......
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    symbolism
    symbolism 1. The practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character. 2. The disguised representation in conscious thought of unconscious or repressed contents or events. 3. A set or system of symbols. 4. A symbolic meaning or character. 5. The principles and practice of symbolists in art or literatur...
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    symbolism
    The deliberate use of symbols in a piece of writing, meant to be taken literally or figuratively.
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    Symbolism
    An artistic trend flourishing at the end of the XIXth century in reaction to faith in the beauty of nature, and endeavoring to represent spiritual values by means of abstract signs. -- L.V.
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