1. The use of symbols to convey meaning
   "The poet's symbolisation of death as a journey added depth to the verse";
   - symbolization
    
2. Something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
   "The dove is used as a symbolisation of peace";
   - symbol, symbolization, symbolic representation
    
3. The practice of investing things with symbolic meaning
   "The symbolisation in the poem added depth to its interpretation";
   - symbolism, symbolization

Derived forms: symbolisations

Type of: import, meaning, pattern, practice, representational process, significance, signification

Encyclopedia: Symbolisation