symbologyn.
/sɪmˈbɒlədʒi/, U.S. /sɪmˈbɑlədʒi/ The science or study of symbols; loosely, the use of symbols, or symbols collectively; symbolism.
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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun]
representation1483
charactery1593
characterism1594
symbolization1603
symbolism1653
symbology1840
embleming1841
symbolling1842
iconology1849
typism1850
symbolizing1887
society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > science or study of
symbolography1656
symbology1840
emblematology1881
1840 T. De Quincey On Essenes in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 114 (note) In the symbology of the Jewish ritual.
1853 J. Mills (title) Sacred Symbology: or, An Inquiry into the Principles of Interpretation of the Prophetic Symbols.
1883 A. P. Sinnett Esoteric Buddhism Pref. (1884) p. xv Ideas..in more or less embarrassing disguise of mystic symbology.
1896 E. P. Evans Animal Symbolism Eccl. Archit. v. 246 Whimseys of Ecclesiology and Symbology.
Derivatives
symboˈlogical adj. relating to symbology.
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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [adjective] > science or study of
typological1845
symbological1976
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Symbological.
1976 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 Apr. 29/2 He considered the Papal Bull of 1950 declaring the Assumption of the Virgin an article of faith to be the most important symbological event since the Reformation.
symˈbologist n. a person versed in symbology (rare).
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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > science or study of > one versed in
symbolist1839
symbologist1864
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Symbologist.
1924 Glasgow Herald 4 Apr. 13 Professor Stern returns to the attack upon this theory-mongering, always recalling the symbologists and complex-jargonists to a consideration of practical realities as a test of their deductions.
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