symbolism

Some commentaries noted it was less about substance than ceremony and symbolism, but what did it commemorate or symbolize?

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

Ms. Lee almost never uses figurative language—similes, metaphors, symbolism or anything that gives prose layering and subtext.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

DJ SoulChild AC said on TikTok that even if it wasn’t Converse’s intention, “We can see the symbolism from a mile away.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

One should not read too much into a single event, but once again the symbolism is compelling.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

“She’ll have to learn the symbolism of the revolution,” somebody said.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

Why does heavy metal use so many biblical references and symbolisms?

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2021

The angels mesmerizingly invoke the symbolisms of Old World Catholicism, Peru’s indigenous culture, and, thanks to their malevolent European-looking faces, the clashes that resulted when these forces met.

From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2017

An amiable fantasy, the play is told in homely, backyard terms, with no attempt at cosmic symbolisms.

From Time Magazine Archive

Part of Playwright Chayefsky's purpose in doing this is to cast light on the world of reality, to set up symbolisms, set speculation going.

From Time Magazine Archive

Proclus alleges that even Plato himself drew many of his peculiar dogmas from the symbolisms of the ancients.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook