Condensation symbols in political communication are:

CONCEPT

A condensation symbol compresses several ideas, memories, and value-laden emotions into a short sign, phrase, image, or act. Its force comes from the associations and feelings it calls up, rather than from detailed factual description.

APPLICATION

In political communication, such a symbol makes an audience recall vivid associations and emotional meanings. That communicative effect is described as evocative.

CONTRAST

• Dormant means inactive or latent until conditions cause it to operate.

• Weak assumptions are unsupported premises that make an inference vulnerable because its conclusion depends on them.

• Escapist describes material that turns attention away from difficult reality toward fantasy or avoidance.

RESULT

Therefore, condensation symbols are evocative.