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Symbol

A symbol is a mark, sign, or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea, object, relationship, or mathematical formula. Symbols allow people to go beyond what is known or seen by creating linkages between otherwise different concepts and experiences. All communication is achieved through the use of symbols: for example, a…

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Role of context in symbolism

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Etymology

Concepts and definitions

Symbols and semiotics

Psychoanalysis, rhetoric, and archetypes

Symbolic value

Paul Tillich

Role of context in symbolism

Symbols in cartography

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Symbol

Nodes90
Edges89
Triples96
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022222
Components1

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Symbol

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related to Etymology · 14
Symbol → Ancient Greek, Classical, Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene, François Rabelais, In English, It, Latin, Le Quart Livre, Middle French, Renaissance, Roman Catholic Church, The, The Latin, This French
related to Symbols in cartography · 13
Symbol → Abstract/geometric, According, As, ATM, Conceptual, Conventional, David, Functional, Jewish, Map, Pictorial, Star, Symbols
related to Psychoanalysis, rhetoric, and archetypes · 12
Symbol → An, But, Carl Jung, Christ, He, Homo, In, Jungian, Kenneth Burke, Later, One, Swiss
see also · 9
Symbol → Artistic, Graphic, Hypothetical, Ideogram, Pictorial, Representation, Sociological, Symbols, Unicode
related to Symbolic value · 7
Symbol → Comparative, East, Examples, Ideological, Isomorphic, Symbols, West
related to Paul Tillich · 6
Symbol → For Tillich, Paul Tillich, Symbols, The, There, When
related to Symbols and semiotics · 6
Symbol → Chinese, English, For, Semioticians, Semiotics, Symbols
related to Concepts and definitions · 5
Symbol → As, Human, In, Symbols, Thus
related to External links · 4
Symbol → Media, Symbols, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Related terms · 3
Symbol → In, Symbolic, The

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symbols meaning unicode sign also represent semiotics symbolic used something may use word representing characters one person example concepts idea

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Symbolis amark0.90text
Symbolis astory of a man who0.90text
religiousinstance ofIdeological symbols0.80text
state symbols convey complex sets of beliefsinstance ofIdeological symbols0.80text
ideas that indicateinstance ofIdeological symbols0.80text
prestigious office addressesinstance ofComparative symbols0.80text
fine artinstance ofComparative symbols0.80text
and prominent awards indicate answers to questions ofinstance ofComparative symbols0.80text
sizeinstance ofvisual variables0.80text
shapeinstance ofvisual variables0.80text
orientationinstance ofvisual variables0.80text
textureinstance ofvisual variables0.80text

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