Symbolism

Noun

 * 1) Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.

Thesaurus
Sabbatarianism, allegory, allusion, anagoge, anagogics, anthroposophy, arcane meaning, assumption, cabala, cabalism, celebration, ceremonialism, charactery, cipher, coloration, connotation, conventional symbol, cult, cultism, cultus, emblem, esotericism, esoterics, esoterism, esotery, father symbol, fertility symbol, figuration, formalism, hint, hocus-pocus, iconology, ideogram, implication, implied meaning, import, inference, innuendo, intimation, ironic suggestion, liturgics, liturgiology, liturgism, logogram, logotype, love knot, meaning, metaphorical sense, mother symbol, mumbo jumbo, mystery, mysticism, mystification, nuance, occult meaning, occultism, overtone, phallic symbol, pictogram, presumption, presupposition, ritualism, rituality, ritualization, sabbatism, sacramentalism, sacramentarianism, solemn observance, solemnization, subsense, subsidiary sense, suggestion, supposition, symbol, symbolic system, symbolics, symbolization, symbology, tinge, token, totem, totem pole, touch, type, typification, undercurrent, undermeaning, undertone, universal symbol, yoga, yogeeism, yogism

Etymology
Coined between 1645 and 1655 from symbol and -ism.

Translations

 * Dutch: symbolisme
 * Esperanto: simboleco
 * French:


 * Italian:
 * Spanish: simbolismo