symbology
Americannoun
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the study of symbols.
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the use of symbols; symbolism.
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of symbology
First recorded in 1830–40; by haplology, symbolo- (combining form of symbol ) + -logy
Example Sentences
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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
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
Christenberry lets us engage the symbol, and shows how the Klan symbology is embedded across our culture.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
Vile as Ye’s symbology was, this was a confusing statement, and an apt representation of Musk’s weird content-moderation philosophy.
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2022
There is a possibility that a written symbology did at one time exist, for just that purpose.
From Anything You Can Do! by Randall Garrett
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