▪ I. symbolling, vbl. n.
(ˈsɪmbəlɪŋ)
U.S. usu. symboling.
[f. symbol v.1 + -ing1.]
a. The action of symbolizing; transf., something that symbolizes, symbolism. b. The use of symbols in communication.
| 1842 Tupper Proverb. Philos. Ser. ii. 229 Animal creation, with sciences, and things..Contributed their symbollings..wherewith to title men. 1910 Meredith Celt & Saxon xv. 216 After she and the captain had spelt the symbolling in turns. 1974 H. G. Burger in Gen. Systems XIX. 64/1 What appears to be non-language..is probably a precisely coded symboling of a non-standard dialect. 1977 ― in B. Bernardi Concept & Dynamics of Culture 419 Between the gross human ability of symboling, so well known, and the peculiarly human institutions, also well known, lie special symboling processes. 1977 Dædalus Summer 62 Process theory is no longer linked, as in its earlier heyday, with Gumplowicz's notion that ‘man's material need is the prime motive of his conduct’; it now recognizes the critical importance of meaning and symboling. |
▪ II. symbolling
var. sembling.