"symbols" in the noun sense
1. symbol
an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
2. symbol, symbolization, symbolisation, symbolic representation
something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
"the eagle is a symbol of the United States"
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