symbolism

英 ['sɪmbəlɪz(ə)m] 美['sɪmbəlɪzəm]

• n. 象征，象征主义；符号论；记号

1. a system of symbols and symbolic representations

2. the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning

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