symbolism
Example Sentences
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There’s more to this outcome than Resistance-pleasing symbolism, though.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026
But symbolism is important in maintaining a democratic society under the rule of law.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
However, Huppert emphasised the social symbolism of a vampire aristocracy that draws its power by feeding on ordinary mortals.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
In their fiction—mostly novels for Woolf, short stories for Mansfield—they experimented by replacing linear narrative and descriptive detail with suggestion and symbolism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
With some kind of reverse symbolism, Rufus called me back on July 4.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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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