SYMBOLIZATIONS Synonyms

• special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.

• a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

• a new personification of a familiar idea

• a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept

• giving concrete form to an abstract concept

• the feelings expressed on a person's face

• expression without words

• the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions

• a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations

• the style of expressing yourself

• a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement

• (genetics) the process of expressing a gene

• a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

• the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing

• an iconic mental representation

• (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world

• a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

• a standard or typical example

• language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

• someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)

• (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined

• the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public

• a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)

• render visible, as by means of MRI

• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

• a clear appearance

• a manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing

• an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)

• expression without words

• a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature)

• a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

• graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

• a clear and telling mental image

• a situation treated as an observable object

• illustrations used to decorate or explain a text

• a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

• the visible part of a television transmission

• a graphic or vivid verbal description

• a typical example of some state or quality

• a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format

• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

• show in, or as in, a picture

• a word picture of a person's appearance and character

• acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

• a representation by picture or portraiture

• any likeness of a person, in any medium

• representation by drawing or painting etc

• a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.

• an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious

• the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance

• a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

• a coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall

• perspective drawing of an architect's design

• giving in acknowledgment of obligation

• a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image

• a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something

• the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf

• the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent

• a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency

• a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract

• a performance of a play

• a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting

• the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body

• an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent

• a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)

• a public display of a message

• any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message

• structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted

• (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

• (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease

• having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)

• an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come

• a gesture that is part of a sign language

• a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified

• a character indicating a relation between quantities

• used of the language of the deaf

• mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)

• approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation

• be engaged by a written agreement

• engage by written agreement

• communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs

• place signs, as along a road

• communicate in sign language

• make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate

• the use of symbols to convey meaning

• something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible

• the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning

• an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance

• something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible

• a system of symbols and symbolic representations

• the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning

• an artistic movement in the late 19th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of images

• something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible