symbolization
- noun
- /ˌsɪmbəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- US
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simbolización
- 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.
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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.
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Because symbolization is complex, Mary can have many faces.
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Another less obvious, but possibly even more fundamental, form of symbolization is imagery, which is the stock in trade of the arts.
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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.
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Langer emphasizes that each form of symbolization can be useful as a tool for knowing and thought.
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For Chauvet, this performance dimension of the act of symbolization is precisely what is done in the liturgical celebration.
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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
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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
The act of using a sign to show an idea, feeling, or belief
Showing an idea using pictures or symbols in art and writing
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.