symbolism

“I mean, it’s not just symbolism and performance. It’s real governance and management.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

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

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

But now, as the sun poured through the third-floor atrium of the Bloom Center, Riley couldn’t help but point out the symbolism of such an ambitious undertaking actually coming to life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

That’s enough symbolism for one day, Obie told himself.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

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

For an admirable summary of the bardic symbolisms and mythological types exhibited in the story of Arthur, see H. Martin, Hist. de France, liv. xx.

From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Henry Coppee