Word: 'symbol' • Extended Annotations

symbol

Extended Annotations

Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of symbol

15^th century, simbal, "creed, formal summary of religious belief"

from Late Latin symbolum "creed, token, mark"
from Greek symbolon "token, watchword, sign by which one infers; ticket, a permit, license"

An assimilated form of syn- "together" + bole "a throwing, a casting, the stroke of a missile, bolt, beam" (from bol-, nominative stem of ballein "to throw")

symbol noun

an authoritative summary of faith or doctrine: creed
something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance
a sign used in writing or printing relating to a particular field to represent operations, quantities, elements, relations, or qualities
an act, sound, or object having cultural significance and the capacity to excite or objectify a response

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Specific examples and quotes of symbol

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metaphor, metaphoric
something that represents or stands for something else, usually an object used to represent something abstract
emblem, emblematic
a picture with a motto or set of verses intended as a moral lesson; an object or the figure of an object representing and suggesting another object or an idea
representation, representational
act of presenting to the mind or imagination; a letter, figure, or sign used in mathematics, music, etc., to represent a quantity, operation, function, etc.
token, token
an outward sign, evidence, or expression; an instance of a linguistic expression

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Legend

~☉~	lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
⚜	classic definition
☣	artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense

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