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Symbolization

Definition: Symbolization

Symbolization

Noun

1. The use of symbols to convey meaning.

2. Something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "symbolization" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)

Etymology: Symbolization \Sym`bol*i*za"tion\, noun. [Compare to the French expression symbolisation.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms: Symbolization

Synonyms: symbol (n), symbolic representation (n), symbolisation (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Symbolization

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Indication

Noun: indication; symbolism, symbolization; semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics; Zeitgeist.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Commercial Usage: Symbolization

DomainTitle

Books

  • Developmental Processes: Heinz Werner's Selected Writings (Cognition, Language, and Symbolization, Vol 1) (reference)

  • Early Symbolization (reference)

  • Eric Voegelin's Platonic Theology: Philosophy of Consciousness and Symbolization in a New Perspective (reference)

  • Some Truth With Maps: A Primer on Symbolization and Design (Resource Publications in Geography) (reference)

  • Symbolization and Creativity (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Symbolization

"Symbolization" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Symbolization" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%9117,287

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Symbolization

Expression using "symbolization": pictorial symbolization. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Symbolization

Language Translations for "symbolization"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

simbolizim, shfaqje simbolike. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تعبير بالرموز. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

символизация, символизиране. (various references)

   

Czech

  

symbolizace. (various references)

   

Danish

  

billedrepræsentation (pictorial symbolization). (various references)

   

French

  

symbolisation. (various references)

   

German

  

Versinnbildlichung. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συμβολισμόσ (symbolism, symbolkzation). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

"סתמלות, סמול (coding). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szimbolizálás. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ymbolizationsay

   

Russian 

  

символизация. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

simbolizacija. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

simbolización. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

simgeleme. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

сукупність символів, символізація, зображення у вигляді символів. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Symbolization

Derivations

Words beginning with "symbolization": symbolizations. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Symbolization"

Words rhyming with "symbolization" (pronounced 'Sym`bol*i*za"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Symbolization

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-s-t-y-z"

-2 letters: solmization.

-3 letters: abolitions.

-4 letters: abolition, ambitions, animosity, binomials, boltonias, isolation, libations, lobations, myotonias, oblations.

-5 letters: albinism, ambition, amotions, binomial, boltonia, inositol, lanosity, libation, lobation, matzoons, minilabs, mobility, moonsail, motional, myoblast, myotonia, nobility, oblation, salinity, sibilant, snootily, solation, symbiont, tombolas.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-s-t-y-z"
 

+1 letter: symbolizations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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