Symbolization

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Symbolization \Sym`bol*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. symbolisation.]
     The act of symbolizing; symbolical representation. --Sir T.
     Browne.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  symbolization
       n 1: the use of symbols to convey meaning [syn: {symbolisation}]
       2: something visible that by association or convention
          represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is
          a symbol of the United States" [syn: {symbol}, {symbolisation},
           {symbolic representation}]
       3: the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning [syn:
           {symbolism}, {symbolisation}]