symbolisation

1. 1.

   the use of symbols to convey meaning

   Synonymssymbolization

   Broadermeaning
2. 2.

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

   “the eagle is a symbol of the United States”

   Synonymssymbolsymbolizationsymbolic representation

   Broaderrepresentational process

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3. 3.

   the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning

   Synonymssymbolismsymbolization

   Broaderpractice

Other forms of symbolisation

plural

symbolisations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about symbolisation

What does symbolisation mean?

symbolisation means "the use of symbols to convey meaning". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in symbolisation?

symbolisation has 6 syllables: sym-bo-li-sa-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for symbolisation?

Close synonyms include symbolization, symbol, symbolization, symbolic representation, symbolism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is symbolisation a common word?

symbolisation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.