symbolicism

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noun

An approach to understanding human cognition that is committed to language like symbolic processing as the best method of explanation.

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Meanings

nounsymbolicism (usually uncountable, plural symbolicisms)

plural symbolicisms

  1. uncountableusuallyAn approach to understanding human cognition that is committed to language like symbolic processing as the best method of explanation.

Origin

From symbolic + -ism.

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symbolicism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symbolicism

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“symbolicism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symbolicism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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