Men, bricks, a load thereof, and a construction site are all rather complex abstractions. What do you call the mental identifiers that represent these abstracti

Men, bricks, a load thereof, and a construction site are all rather complex abstractions. What do you call the mental identifiers that represent these abstractions if not “symbols”? Whatever you may call them, that is in fact what is meant by “symbols” by the people using that term in this context. Essentially, an identifier that represents an abstraction. It’s an incredibly basic feature of all cognitive systems we’re aware of.