Associations to the word «Symbolism»

Wiktionary

SYMBOLISM, noun. Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
SYMBOLISM, noun. (obsolete) A combining together of parts or ingredients.

Dictionary definition

SYMBOLISM, noun. A system of symbols and symbolic representations.
SYMBOLISM, noun. The practice of investing things with symbolic meaning.
SYMBOLISM, noun. An artistic movement in the late 19th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of images.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope