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| sym·bol [ símb'l ] (plural sym·bols) |
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1. something that represents something else: something that stands for or represents something else, especially an object representing an abstraction
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2. sign with specific meaning: a written or printed sign or character that represents something in a specific context, e.g. an operation or quantity in mathematics or music
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3. psychoanalysis object representing something repressed in unconscious: an object or act that represents an impulse or wish in the unconscious mind that has been repressed
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| [15th century. Via Latin< Greek sumbolon "mark" < sumballein "compare" < ballein "throw"] |
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