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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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.
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Kong is a primal dream work, a symbolization of some deep and basic special anxiety of the species�and the only one created directly for the movies, having no ready roots in literature or folk lore.
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
Ruled the committee: "The Capitol Building itself is the best possible symbolization of the ideals of democracy."
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A complete movement of idea from its purely physical symbolization to its metaphysical interpretation, must involve both these processes.
From The Philosophy of Evolution Together With a Preliminary Essay on The Metaphysical Basis of Science by Carpenter, Stephen H. (Stephen Haskins)
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