symbolism
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Warrior symbolism from truly horrific combatants is all around us.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
“The symbolism is very important, but the actual investing ramifications of it are really not,” Sosnick said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
"They think it's fun and want to know the symbolism behind it."
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia joined throngs of devotees waving Spanish and Vatican flags in Cibeles Square for a service filled with religious symbolism.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
With some kind of reverse symbolism, Rufus called me back on July 4.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
Why does heavy metal use so many biblical references and symbolisms?
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2021
The angels mesmerizingly invoke the symbolisms of Old World Catholicism, Peru’s indigenous culture, and, thanks to their malevolent European-looking faces, the clashes that resulted when these forces met.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2017
Part of Playwright Chayefsky's purpose in doing this is to cast light on the world of reality, to set up symbolisms, set speculation going.
From Time Magazine Archive
An amiable fantasy, the play is told in homely, backyard terms, with no attempt at cosmic symbolisms.
From Time Magazine Archive
What can this mean but that they are two symbolisms, equally acceptable in certain respects, and, in other respects, equally inadequate to their object?
From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur
Vocabulary lists containing symbolism
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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Poetry: Literary Devices
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 3
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