symbolism

English

Etymology

symbol +‎ -ism, sense 2 being a semantic loan from French symbolisme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪmbəˌlɪzəm/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: sym‧bol‧ism

Noun

symbolism (countable and uncountable, plural symbolisms)

1. Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities. [from between 1645 and 1655.]
2. An art movement originating in late 19th-century France and Belgium, seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images, mainly as a reaction against naturalism and realism.
3. (obsolete) A combining together of parts or ingredients.

Derived terms

• phonetic symbolism
• sound symbolism

 

Related terms

• symbolic
• symbolist
• symbolize

Translations

representation of a concept

• Arabic: رَمْزِيَّة f (ramziyya)
• Asturian: simbolismu m
• Belarusian: сімвалі́зм m (simvalízm), сімво́ліка f (simvólika) (symbolics)
• Catalan: simbolisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 象徵主義／象征主义 (zh) (xiàngzhēngzhǔyì)

• Dutch: symbolisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: simboleco
• French: symbolisme (fr) m
• Galician: simbolismo m
• Georgian: სიმბოლიზმი (simbolizmi)
• German: Symbolik (de) f
• Greek: συμβολισμός (el) m (symvolismós)
• Ido: simbolismo
• Irish: siombalachas m
• Italian: simbolismo (it) m
• Japanese: 象徴主義 (しょうちょうしゅぎ, shōchōshugi)
• Kazakh: символизм (simvolizm), бейнешілік (beineşılık)
• Korean: 상징주의(象徵主義) (sangjingjuui)
• Latin: symbolismus m
• Latvian: simbolisms m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: symbolisme m

  Nynorsk: symbolisme m

• Persian: نمادگرایی
• Polish: symbolizm (pl) m, symbolika (pl) f (symbolics)
• Portuguese: simbolismo (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹਵਾਦ m (cinnhvād)
• Russian: символи́зм (ru) m (simvolízm), симво́лика (ru) f (simvólika) (symbolics)
• Spanish: simbolismo m
• Swedish: symbolik (sv) c
• Tamil: குறியீட்டியம் (kuṟiyīṭṭiyam)
• Thai: ลัทธิสัญลักษณ์นิยม
• Turkish: sembolizm (tr), simgecilik (tr)
• Ukrainian: символі́зм m (symvolízm), симво́ліка f (symvólika) (symbolics)
• Vietnamese: thơ tượng trưng

Swedish

Etymology

symbol +‎ -ism

Noun

symbolism c

1. symbolism

Declension

Declension of symbolism

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	symbolism	symbolisms
	definite	symbolismen	symbolismens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• symbolism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• symbolism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)