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Symbolic representation   /sɪmbˈɑlɪk rˌɛprəzɛntˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Symbolic representation

noun
1.
Something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible.  Synonyms: symbol, symbolisation, symbolization.






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"Symbolic representation" Quotes from Famous Books



... religious, a poetical, a philosophical, or an artistic form. The difference is that the poet has intuitions, while the philosopher gives demonstrations; that the thought which in one mind is converted into emotion, is in the other resolved into logic; and that a symbolic representation of the idea is substituted for a direct expression. The normal relation is exhibited in the case of the anatomist and the sculptor. The artist intuitively recognises the most perfect form; the man of science analyses the structural relations by which it is produced. ...
— Hours in a Library - New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) • Leslie Stephen



Words linked to "Symbolic representation" :   white feather, allegory, representational process, emblem, oriflamme, crossbones, symbol, death's head, cornucopia, horn of plenty



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