Crossword-Solution: SYMBOLISM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Symbolism | n. | The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emblematic colors, signs, and forms. |
| Symbolism | n. | A system of symbols or representations. |
| Symbolism | n. | The practice of using symbols, or the system of notation developed thereby. |
| Symbolism | n. | A combining together of parts or ingredients. |
| Symbolism | n. | The science of creeds; symbolics. |
We have 13 clues for the answer “SYMBOLISM”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Common literary technique | 1 answer |
| French art movement of the late 19th century | 1 answer |
| The giving of fanciful meanings to prosaic objects. | 1 answer |
| Use of objects to represent deeper meanings | 1 answer |
| Use of metaphors | 1 answer |
| Use of white to represent purity, e.g. | 1 answer |
| iconology | 1 answer |
| representation of something by symbols | 1 answer |
| the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning | 1 answer |
| Imagery | 8 answers |
| anagoge | 10 answers |
| LITERATURE, type of | 23 answers |
| Hint | 94 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with SYMBOLISM (5)
But have no fear; I drove him out.” And Rowland stooped and picked up his hat, which had rolled away into a bed of cyclamen, in vague symbolism of an actual physical tussle.
Then suddenly he turned away, with the declaration that, whatever truth there might be in symbolism, he, at any rate, had not come to Europe to spend the precious remnant of his youth in a malodorous Norman sea-port.
Meanwhile,” he added, slapping the steel back in the ringing scabbard, “let me return you your sword.” At the military symbolism of the action the audience could hardly refrain from applause.
The wood had already been stacked on the altar-stone in the due form required by the ancient symbolism, and the Empress stood aside whilst those who followed did what was needful.
There are to be found here and there superficial accounts of strange customs and ceremonies, of which the symbolism or inner meaning was largely hidden from the observer; and there has been a great deal of material collected in recent years which is without value because it is modern and hybrid, inextricably mixed with Biblical legend and Caucasian philosophy.
Quotes with SYMBOLISM (3)
The symbolism of meat-eating is never neutral. To himself, the meat-eater seems to be eating life. To the vegetarian, he seems to be eating death. There is a kind of gestalt-shift between the two positions which makes it hard to change, and hard to raise questions on the matter at all without becoming embattled.
The portraits, of more historical than artistic interest, had gone; and tapestry, full of the blue and bronze of peacocks, fell over the doors, and shut out all history and activity untouched with beauty and peace; and now when I looked at my Crevelli and pondered on the rose in the hand of the Virgin, wherein the form was so delicate and precise that it seemed more like a thought than a flower, or at the grey dawn and rapturous faces of my Francesca, I knew all a Christian's…
People referred to the symbolism of the empty Cross more than once on its journey. It would seem obviously to point to our faith in Jesus’ resurrection. It’s not quite so simple though. The Cross is bare, but in and of itself the empty Cross does not point directly to the Resurrection. It says only that the body of Jesus was removed from the Cross. If a crucifix is a symbol of Good Friday, then it is the image of the empty tomb that speaks more directly of Easter and resurrec…
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Appears in: LAT, NY Sun, NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (1943–2017).