symbology
Americannoun
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the study of symbols.
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the use of symbols; symbolism.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of symbology
First recorded in 1830–40; by haplology, symbolo- (combining form of symbol ) + -logy
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As a grand statement on America — the kind the album’s cover sets you up for with its striking stars-and-bars symbology — “Cowboy Carter” feels a bit mushy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Since that post, he has received almost 2,000 images containing homemade figurines, many holding posters of protest with curious symbology.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
The zombie is ambrosia for the mind of the horror-media buff: it possesses the visual and visceral spectacle of necrosis, the ever-present symbology of death, the excitement of the interminably strange.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2023
The snakes may have some personal significance, molting and rebirth and all that; the symbology may also, more than anything, just suggest being a dude.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2021
They must have a symbology for the calibration of scientific instruments.
From Anything You Can Do ... by Randall Garrett
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