συμβολισμός

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French symbolisme. By surface analysis, σύμβολ(ο) (sýmvol(o)) +‎ -ισμός (-ismós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siɱ.vo.liˈzmos/
• Hyphenation: συμ‧βο‧λι‧σμός

Noun

συμβολισμός • (symvolismós) m (plural συμβολισμοί)

1. symbolism (representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities)
2. notation (the act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters)
3. notation (a system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities)
4. (art) symbolism (an art movement originating in late 19th-century France and Belgium, seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images, mainly as a reaction against naturalism and realism)

Declension

Declension of συμβολισμός

	singular	plural
nominative	συμβολισμός •	συμβολισμοί •
genitive	συμβολισμού •	συμβολισμών •
accusative	συμβολισμό •	συμβολισμούς •
vocative	συμβολισμέ •	συμβολισμοί •

Related terms

• see: σύμβολο n (sýmvolo, “symbol”)

Further reading

• συμβολισμός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el