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Symbolization

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n. The act of symbolizing; the use of symbols to represent things, or the investing of things with a symbolic meaning

n. The unconscious mental representation of one thing by another

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act of symbolizing; symbolical representation.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of symbolizing; symbolic significance. Also spelled symbolisation.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible

n. the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning

n. the use of symbols to convey meaning

Word Usage

"5/THE CULT OF BAALOL The Synthesis Projector, a machine used commonly on the Arkon worlds, made it possible to synthesize emotions and thought impressions into a holograph of 'symbolization'."

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