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symbolization

[sim-buh-luh-zey-shuhn] / ˌsɪm bə ləˈzeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
allegory
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apologue emblem fable figuration moral myth parable story symbol symbolism tale typification
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nonfiction truth
NOUN
art
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design painting
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abstraction carving description illustration imitation modeling molding portrayal representation shaping simulation
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pictorialization sculpting sketching
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lack science unskill
NOUN
defense mechanism
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conversion defense defense reaction repression sublimation suppression
NOUN
meaning
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connotation content context definition effect essence explanation hint implication interpretation nuance sense significance spirit subject substance understanding value
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acceptation allusion bearing denotation drift force gist heart import intimation meat nitty-gritty pith point purport stuff suggestion tenor thrust upshot worth
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bottom line name of the game nature of beast nuts and bolts subject matter
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exterior exteriority outside
NOUN
sign
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emblem logo notice placard proof type warning
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badge board character cipher crest device ensign guidepost insignia mark representation signboard signpost token
NOUN
significancy
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acceptation allusion bearing bottom line connotation content context definition denotation drift effect essence explanation force gist heart hint implication import intent interpretation intimation meat message name of the game nature of beast nitty-gritty nuance nuts and bolts pith point purport sense significance signification spirit stuff subject subject matter substance suggestion tenor thrust understanding upshot use value worth
NOUN
signification
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acceptation allusion bearing connotation content context definition denotation drift effect essence explanation force gist heart hint implication import intent interpretation intimation meat message nitty-gritty nuance pith point purport sense significance spirit stuff subject substance suggestion tenor thrust understanding upshot use value worth
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bottom line name of the game nature of beast nuts and bolts significancy subject matter
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meaninglessness
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suggestion
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indication notion suspicion thought
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allusion association autosuggestion breath clue connotation cue inkling innuendo insinuation intimation overtone reminder self-suggestion shade signification smack symbol symbolism symbology telltale tinge trace undertone vein whisper wind
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soupçon
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information
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declaration demand order telling

Example Sentences

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Kong is a primal dream work, a symbolization of some deep and basic special anxiety of the species�and the only one created directly for the movies, having no ready roots in literature or folk lore.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ruled the committee: "The Capitol Building itself is the best possible symbolization of the ideals of democracy."

From Time Magazine Archive

All this he can do with supreme skill because of his unique capacity for language and symbolization.

From Time Magazine Archive

All the same, there were difficulties of symbolization, which is why the distinctions that early theologians drew between various levels of angels did not endure in art.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sometimes it is position, sometimes phonetic symbolization, sometimes composition, sometimes flexion, sometimes the use of auxiliaries, which enables the speaker to combine his words in such a way that they shall be intelligible to another.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various