Symbolism or symbolist may refer to:

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Symbolism (arts) Symbolism was a late 19th-century art movement of French art, French and Art of Belgium, Belgian origin in poetry and other arts seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images, mainly as a reaction aga ...

, a 19th-century movement rejecting Realism **

Symbolist movement in Romania The Symbolist movement in Romania, active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, marked the development of Romanian culture in both literature and visual arts. Bringing the assimilation of France's Symbolism, Decadence and Parnassianism, it ...

, symbolist literature and visual arts in Romania during the late 19th and early 20th centuries **

Russian symbolism Russian symbolism was an intellectual and artistic movement predominant at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. It arose separately from European symbolism, emphasizing mysticism and ostranenie. Literature Influences Primary ...

, the Russian branch of the symbolist movement in European art *

Symbol A symbol is a mark, sign, or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea, object, or relationship. Symbols allow people to go beyond what is known or seen by creating linkages between otherwise very different conc ...

, something that represents, stands for or suggests an idea, belief, action, or entity *

Color symbolism Color symbolism in art and anthropology refers to the use of color as a symbol in various cultures. There is great diversity in the use of colors and their associations between cultures and even within the same culture in different time periods. ...

, the use of colors within various cultures to express a variety of symbolic meanings

Religion

Religious symbol A religious symbol is an iconic representation intended to represent a specific religion, or a specific concept within a given religion. Religious symbols have been used in the military in many countries, such as the United States military chapl ...

, an iconic representation of a religion or religious concept **

Buddhist symbolism Buddhist symbolism is the use of symbols (Sanskrit: ''pratīka'') to represent certain aspects of the Buddha's Dharma (teaching). Early Buddhist symbols which remain important today include the Dharma wheel, the Indian lotus, the three jewels an ...

, the use of Buddhist art to represent certain aspects of dharma **

Christian symbolism Christian symbolism is the use of symbols, including archetypes, acts, artwork or events, by Christianity. It invests objects or actions with an inner meaning expressing Christian ideas. The symbolism of the early Church was characterized by bei ...

, the use of symbols, including archetypes, acts, artwork or events, by Christianity ** Symbols of Islam, the use of symbols in Islamic literature, art and architecture **

Jewish symbolism The Hebrew word for 'symbol' is , which, in early Judaism, denoted not only a sign, but also a visible religious token of the relation between God and human. __TOC__ Common iconography Shabbat Shabbat, the day of rest, is described in the Tan ...

, a visible religious token of the relation between God and man

Science

* Symbolic anthropology, the study of cultural symbols and how those symbols can be interpreted to better understand a particular society *

Symbolic system In logic, mathematics, computer science, and linguistics, a formal language consists of words whose letters are taken from an alphabet and are well-formed according to a specific set of rules. The alphabet of a formal language consists of sym ...

, a system of interconnected symbolic meanings * Solar symbol, a symbol which represents the Sun in psychoanalysis, symbolism, semiotics, or other fields

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