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| sym·bol·ism [ símbə lìzzəm ] |
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1. use of symbols: the use of symbols to invest things with a representative meaning or to represent something abstract by something concrete
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2. system of symbols: a set or system of symbols
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3. symbolic meaning: symbolic meaning or quality
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4. arts artistic use of symbols: the artistic method of revealing ideas or truths through the use of symbols
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5. arts 19C literary and artistic movement: a 19th-century literary and artistic movement that sought to evoke, rather than describe, ideas or feelings through the use of symbolic images
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6. christianity belief in symbolic nature of Communion: in Christianity, the belief that the bread and wine used in the Communion are symbols and not literally the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ
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