word
Symbolism
SIM-boh-liz-um
/ˈsɪmbəlɪzəm/Listen
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symbolism
Dictionary meaning
Use of symbols to represent abstract ideas or qualities — a late 19th-century literary and artistic movement rejecting realism in favor of suggestion and evocation; Yeats, Mallarmé, and Debussy are associated figures; symbols derive power from their polysemic (multiple meaning) nature
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