symbolisation

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A form of symbolization — The act of symbolizing; the use of symbols to represent things, or the investing of things with a symbolic meaning.

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Meanings

nounsymbolisation (countable and uncountable, plural symbolisations)

plural symbolisations

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of symbolization.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe use of symbols to convey meaning

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symbolization
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meaningsignificancesignification

nounsomething visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible

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symbolsymbolizationsymbolic representation
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representational process

nounthe practice of investing things with symbolic meaning

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symbolismsymbolization
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practicepattern
Also see
symbolsymbolismsymbolization

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From symbol + -isation.

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Cite this entry
APA

symbolisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symbolisation

MLA

“symbolisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symbolisation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “symbolisation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symbolisation.

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