symbolization
noun
symbolization is spelled S-Y-M-B-O-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, symbolization means “The act of symbolizing; the use of symbols to represent things, or the investing of things with a symbolic meaning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of symbolization is symbolizations.
How many letters and syllables are in symbolization?
| Letters | 13: S-Y-M-B-O-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 31 million words; the 169,822nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is symbolization?
Symbolization appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce symbolization?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-symbolization.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of symbolization
- symbolizations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does symbolization mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of symbolizing; the use of symbols to represent things, or the investing of things with a symbolic meaning.
- 2
The unconscious mental representation of one thing by another.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does symbolization come from?
From symbol + -ization or symbolize + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).