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n. - The act of representing something with something used for or regarded as representing something else

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  • About a hundred words are derived from the language of Panurge, a name symbolizing the people, for it is derived from two Greek words signifying All-working.
  • Reorganization sometimes appears to be a code word symbolizing a general frustration with bureaucracy and governmental intrusion in private lives Seidman, 1980: 125.
  • A name symbolizing the people, for it is derived from two Greek words signifying All-working.
  • On the plaque that goes with it, its purpose is described as symbolizing the "abundance of water in the Port Huron area."
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