συμβολισμός — meaning in English

English meaning

• notation noun A system of symbols used to represent information, especially in music, math, or science.
• symbolism noun The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

Senses

συμβολισμός is used for these senses in English:

• notation (uncountable) The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
• notation (uncountable, countable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.
• symbolism Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities. [from between 1645 and 1655.]

symbolism — full definition

1. noun The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
2. noun An artistic movement from late 19th-century France and Belgium that used symbols and suggestive imagery instead of literal realism.

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