symbolization
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7.5
- noun
- /ˌsɪmbəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- US
- The teacher explained that symbolization helps students understand complex concepts by using simple images.
- form of symbolization
- act of symbolization
- symbolization process
Examples
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In the Bride, all kinds of procedures of symbolization are at work.
Academic text (2005) -
One obvious additional form of symbolization is found in the field of mathematics.
Academic text (1995) -
What is thus here involved is a symbolization raised to the second power.
Academic text (2005) -
Because symbolization is complex, Mary can have many faces.
Academic text (2005) -
Another less obvious, but possibly even more fundamental, form of symbolization is imagery, which is the stock in trade of the arts.
Academic text (1995) -
In our own work, we have paid attention to the processes of symbolization and schooling.
Academic text (2004) -
Color symbolization also communicated an important message, "speaking" even before the official reading of a belt.
Academic text (2007) -
Langer emphasizes that each form of symbolization can be useful as a tool for knowing and thought.
Academic text (1995) -
For Chauvet, this performance dimension of the act of symbolization is precisely what is done in the liturgical celebration.
Academic text (2005) -
Water is a liminal passageway that culminates in the symbolization of the mystery of distance implicit in absence.
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
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3.5
A picture or model that shows what something looks like
62
5.5
A way of using images or objects to stand for ideas and qualities
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9.5
The study or use of symbols that show ideas
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6.3
A visible thing like a flag that stands for an idea you cannot see
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7.9
Showing an idea using pictures or symbols in art and writing
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4.9
The act of using a sign to show an idea, feeling, or belief
How Symbolic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Symbolization comes from the ancient Greek word symbolon, a 'token' that was broken and shared so two people could recognise each other, giving a strong image of a small thing that stands for something bigger. A symbol is anything that stands for something else, so symbolization is the act of making or using those signs to represent ideas or feelings.