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antisymbolism

antisymbolism noun: opposition to symbolism.

Noun

antisymbolism (uncountable)

  1. Opposition to symbolism.
    • These are only a few of the absurdities of the theory of antisymbolism, but they are sufficient, one should think, to confute it.1854, Richard Graves, An Analysis of the Revelations, page 229
    • These are materialism, antiformalism and antisymbolism, verification through practical results, the partisanship of science, and the need of modifying scientific dogma only by action of the political leadership […]1963, Carl Joachim Friedrich, Man and his government: an empirical theory of politics, page 632

Origin of antisymbolism

From anti- + symbolism.

Questions about antisymbolism

What does antisymbolism mean?
Antisymbolism means opposition to symbolism.
What part of speech is antisymbolism?
Antisymbolism is a noun.

Words near antisymbolism in the dictionary

  1. antisweatshop
  2. antisweet
  3. antiswitch
  4. antiswitches
  5. antisymbolic
  6. antisymbolism
  7. antisymbolist
  8. antisymbolists
  9. antisymmetric
  10. antisymmetrical
  11. antisymmetrically

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