Symbolism || Literary Term - Definition, Characteristic and Examples | Learning The Easy Way

Symbolism:

Symbolism is a system to invest objects, actions or ideas with a symbolic meaning. or, The conscious and artful use of symbols objects, actions, or characters.

For examples: 

Oyajiha is a rose.

In this sentence, the word rose is used not only signify the flower itself but also to suggest beauty, love, or purity. 

Here, The rose represents symbolically.