symbolism

IPA: sˈɪmbʌɫɪzʌm

Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
(obsolete) A combining together of parts or ingredients.

Examples of "symbolism" in Sentences

The name symbolism is also entirely French, referring to Mlle.
Bradford: Eric and I have argued that the symbolism is the consequence of assignment.
However, ornamental and architectural forms frequently do convey a meaning, which we term symbolism in art.
Still, the term symbolism did not catch on in Germany as a name for any specific poetic group, though Hofmannsthal, e.g., in “Das Gespräch über Gedichte” (1903), pro - claimed the symbol the one element necessary in po - etry.
In these remarks translated from Portuguese, the Brazilian leader referred to what she described as the symbolism of the first meeting between Brazil's first female president, and the first African-American president of the United States.
But we now arrive at a higher division of masonic symbolism, which, passing beyond these tangible symbols, brings us to those which are of a more abstruse nature, and which, as being developed in a ceremonial form, controlled and directed by the ritual of the order, may be designated as the _ritualistic symbolism_ of Freemasonry.