- symbolization
- noun Date: 1603 1. an act or instance of symbolizing 2. the human capacity to develop a system of meaningful symbols
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symbolization — Symbolization … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Symbolization — Sym bol*i*za tion, n. [Cf. F. symbolisation.] The act of symbolizing; symbolical representation. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
symbolization — index connotation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
symbolization — symbolize (also symbolise) ► VERB 1) be a symbol of. 2) represent by means of symbols. DERIVATIVES symbolization noun … English terms dictionary
symbolization — /sim beuh leuh zay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of symbolizing. 2. Psychoanal. an unconscious mental process whereby one object or idea comes to stand for another through some part, quality, or aspect that the two share in common, with the… … Universalium
symbolization — noun a) The act of symbolizing; the use of symbols to represent things, or the investing of things with a symbolic meaning b) The unconscious mental representation of one thing by another … Wiktionary
symbolization — An unconscious mental mechanism whereby one object or idea is represented by another. * * * sym·bol·iza·tion also Brit sym·bol·isa·tion .sim bə lə zā shən, .lī n the act or process of symbolizing specif symbolic representation of a repressed… … Medical dictionary
symbolization — n. act of representing something with a symbol, representation, personification … English contemporary dictionary
symbolization — n. Representation, indication, prefigurement … New dictionary of synonyms
symbolization — sym·bol·iza·tion … English syllables
