Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The study of the symbols and mysterious rites of antiquity.
- noun That branch of theology which treats of the history and matter of Christian creeds and confessions of faith.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Theol.) The study of ancient symbols.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
study ofancient symbols ; - noun theology The
study of thatbranch ofhistoric theology whichtreats ofcreeds andconfessions offaith ; - noun
Symbolism ; - noun also called
symbolic .
Etymologies
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Examples
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As we enter Whole Foods, symbols—or what advertisers call "symbolics"—of freshness overwhelm us.
Selling Illusions of Cleanliness Martin Lindstrom 2011
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Through its integration of numerics, symbolics, and graphics, Mathematica has the opportunity to go much further with splines than has ever been possible before.
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Overall, the audiences seem to enjoy the combination of graphics, symbolics, and historical snippets, and their constructive feedback has given us future directions for online calculus seminars.
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Through its integration of numerics, symbolics, and graphics, Mathematica has the opportunity to go much further with splines than has ever been possible before.
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The ease of using Mathematica is the result of 20 years of careful, integrated design and implementation of things like symbolics, numerics, graphics, and dynamic behavior.
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A fairy tale that's definately for adults only; freaking scary and very heavy on the symbolics and the themes.
What's going on nathreee 2007
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Or the tyranny of incomprehensible symbolics and methaphorics.
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Or the tyranny of incomprehensible symbolics and methaphorics.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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But symbolics aside, this makes him a marginal figure in the region's future.
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Which makes me wonder whether they objectified even their own selves to such an extent that chunks of their identities, such as their given names, were replaced by alternate personas marked by lacrosse team symbolics?
Duke Rape: Second Search Warrant Reveals Sick Thoughts of at Least One Lacrosse Player 2006
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