symbolism
Example Sentences
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Beyond the virtuosic marriage of realism and symbolism lies the message French so gracefully conveyed: that architects are more than engineers, and that, at its best, architecture deserves the same status as painting and sculpture.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Sidenfaden said too many county policies prioritize symbolism over results.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
This makes Lego a kitschy means of egalitarian expression, effective for conveying all manner of messaging and symbolism.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
Sociologists believe it is possibly this dense symbolism that has made fish so politically useful.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
There is ambiguity, and some symbolism, in the elaborate ritual observed by each returning expedition of astronauts from the moon.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing symbolism
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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Poetry: Literary Devices
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 3
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