Associations to the word «Symposium»

Wiktionary

SYMPOSIUM, noun. A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
SYMPOSIUM, noun. (in ancient Greece) A drinking party, especially one with intellectual discussion.

Dictionary definition

SYMPOSIUM, noun. A meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley