Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

symbolicism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sym-bol-i-cism
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An approach to understanding human cognition that is committed to language like symbolic processing as the best method of explanation.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English symbolic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English symbolicism From symbolic + -ism.

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What does symbolicism mean?
An approach to understanding human cognition that is committed to language like symbolic processing as the best method of explanation.
Where does symbolicism come from?
Etymology tree English symbolic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English symbolicism From symbolic + -ism.

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