Meanings
nounsymbolization (countable and uncountable, plural symbolizations)
plural symbolizations
- countableuncountableThe act of symbolizing; the use of symbols to represent things, or the investing of things with a symbolic meaning.
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe unconscious mental representation of one thing by another.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomething visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
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Broader
representational process
nounthe practice of investing things with symbolic meaning
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From symbol + -ization or symbolize + -ation.
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APA
symbolization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symbolization
MLA
“symbolization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symbolization. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “symbolization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symbolization.
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