symbolization
Americannoun
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the act or process of symbolizing.
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Psychoanalysis. 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 symbol carrying the emotional feelings vested in the initial object or idea.
Etymology
Origin of symbolization
Example Sentences
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Ruled the committee: "The Capitol Building itself is the best possible symbolization of the ideals of democracy."
From Time Magazine Archive
All this he can do with supreme skill because of his unique capacity for language and symbolization.
From Time Magazine Archive
All the same, there were difficulties of symbolization, which is why the distinctions that early theologians drew between various levels of angels did not endure in art.
From Time Magazine Archive
Allegory gradually disappeared, and the Morality ceased to exist as a definite type, though its symbolization of life and its concern with conduct were handed along to the later drama.
From The Facts About Shakespeare by William Allan Nielson
The mechanisms of “repression of impulse” and of its symptomatic symbolization can be illustrated in the most unexpected corners of individual and group psychology.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir
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