symbolism

Symbolism is the practice of giving special meaning to objects, things, relationships or events. (noun)

An example of symbolism is Christians making the cross a representation of Jesus.

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sym·bol·ism

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The practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships.
A system of symbols or representations.
A symbolic meaning or representation.
Revelation or suggestion of intangible conditions or truths by artistic invention.
Symbolism The movement, theory, or practice of the late 19th-century Symbolists.

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