symbolisation

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Noun	1.	symbolisation - the use of symbols to convey meaning symbolization meaning, signification, import, significance - the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"
	2.	symbolisation - something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States" symbolic representation, symbolization, symbol representational process - any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else crossbones - two crossed bones (or a representation of two crossed bones) used as a symbol danger or death cornucopia, horn of plenty - a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity death's head - a human skull (or a representation of a human skull) used as a symbol of death oriflamme - an inspiring symbol or ideal that serves as a rallying point in a struggle white feather - a symbol of cowardice allegory, emblem - a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
	3.	symbolisation - the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning symbolism, symbolization practice, pattern - a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"

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Spinoza would see the order of composition and decomposition between relations as expressing good and bad actions prior to any prophetic act of symbolisation. There is nothing symbolic about the revealing aspect of nature in Spinoza's expressionism.