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From symbol +‎ -ism, sense 2 being a semantic loan from French symbolisme.

symbolism (countable and uncountable, plural symbolisms)

Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities. [from between 1645 and 1655.]
- 1911 May, “Insanity and the Art of the Borderland”, in The International Studio, volume 32, number 171, page 32:
  The undeveloped or mysterically confused thought which exists in savages is fully exemplified in the childish or crazy atavistic anthropomorphism and symbolism so prevalent among degenerates.
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.
(obsolete) A combining together of parts or ingredients.

representation of a concept

Arabic: رَمْزِيَّة f (ramziyya)
Asturian: simbolismu m
Belarusian: сімвалі́зм m (simvalízm), сімво́ліка f (simvólika) (symbolics)
Catalan: simbolisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 象徵主義 / 象征主义 (zh) (xiàngzhēngzhǔyì)
Dutch: symbolisme (nl) n
Esperanto: simboleco
French: symbolisme (fr) m
Galician: simbolismo m
Georgian: სიმბოლიზმი (simbolizmi)
German: Symbolik (de) f
Greek: συμβολισμός (el) m (symvolismós)
Ido: simbolismo
Irish: siombalachas m
Italian: simbolismo (it) m
Japanese: 象徴主義 (しょうちょうしゅぎ, shōchōshugi)
Kazakh: символизм (simvolizm), бейнешілік (beineşılık)
Korean: 상징주의(象徵主義) (sangjingjuui)
Latin: symbolismus m
Latvian: simbolisms m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: symbolisme m

Nynorsk: symbolisme m
Persian: نمادگرایی
Polish: symbolizm (pl) m, symbolika (pl) f (symbolics)
Portuguese: simbolismo (pt) m
Punjabi: ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹਵਾਦ m (cinnhvād)
Russian: символи́зм (ru) m (simvolízm), симво́лика (ru) f (simvólika) (symbolics)
Spanish: simbolismo m
Swedish: symbolik (sv) c
Tamil: குறியீட்டியம் (kuṟiyīṭṭiyam)
Thai: ลัทธิสัญลักษณ์นิยม
Turkish: sembolizm (tr), simgecilik (tr)
Ukrainian: символі́зм m (symvolízm), симво́ліка f (symvólika) (symbolics)
Vietnamese: thơ tượng trưng

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