Symbolism vs Representation - What's the difference?
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Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
(obsolete) A combining together of parts or ingredients.
That which represents another.
(legal) The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.
(politics) The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.
(mathematics) An object that describes an abstract group in terms of linear transformations of vector spaces.
A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
A theatrical performance.
Your faithfull and mo?t humble Servant,
H. Lawes.d
As nouns the difference between symbolism and representation
is that symbolism is representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities while representation is that which represents another.symbolism
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(en noun)Quotations
* 1637 , ,final sentence*: Live, ?weet Lord, to be the honour of your name, and receive this as your own, from the hands of him, who hath by many favours beene long obliged to your mo?t honoured parents, and as in this repræ?entation your attendant Thyr?is , ?o now in all reall expre??ion
Your faithfull and mo?t humble Servant,
H. Lawes.d
