How to say "symbolism" in Japanese

• 寓意ぐういCommon
  nounA common word for symbolism as hidden or allegorical meaning — the deeper significance of a story — rather than the art movement; it can also mean the moral of a story.
  同おなじように現代げんだい美術びじゅつの寓意ぐうい的てき手順てじゅんに関かんして捧ささげられたエッセイにおいて、バックローは６人にんの女性じょせい芸術家げいじゅつかについて議論ぎろんしている。↗

  In an essay similarly devoted to allegorical procedures in contemporary art, Buchloh discusses 6 women artists.
• シンボリズム
  nounRefers to the 19th-century artistic movement known in English as Symbolism, not to symbolism as hidden meaning; reach for 寓意 when you mean the latter.
• サンボリスム
  nounA katakana variant of シンボリズム, reflecting the French pronunciation of the movement's name; it likewise denotes the 19th-century artistic movement, not symbolism in the general sense.
• 象徴主義しょうちょうしゅぎ
  no-adjectiveA kanji name for the same 19th-century artistic movement; like the katakana forms, it does not cover symbolism as hidden or allegorical meaning in a story.

Use 寓意 for symbolism as hidden or allegorical meaning in a story; 「シンボリズム」, 「サンボリスム」 and 象徴主義 are less common terms for the 19th-century artistic movement specifically.

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• 寓意ぐういhidden meaning
• シンボリズムsymbolism (19th-century artistic movement)
• サンボリスムsymbolism (19th-century artistic movement)
• 象徴主義しょうちょうしゅぎsymbolism (19th-century artistic movement)