"symbolicism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: symbolicisms [plural]
Etymology: From symbolic + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|symbolic|ism}} symbolic + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} symbolicism (usually uncountable, plural symbolicisms)
  1. An approach to understanding human cognition that is committed to language like symbolic processing as the best method of explanation. Tags: uncountable, usually

Inflected forms

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