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symbolic

sym·bo·lic

US/sɪˈmbɑlɪk/ fairly common

adjective

1.

relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols

  • “symbolic logic”
  • “symbolic operations”
  • “symbolic thinking”
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2.

serving as a visible symbol for something abstract

  • “a crown is emblematic of royalty”
  • “the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish”
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3.

using symbolism

  • “symbolic art”

Origin

From French symbolique or directly from Latin symbolicus, from Ancient Greek συμβολικός (sumbolikós, “of or belonging to a symbol”), equivalent to symbol + -ic.

Phrases

  • Blissard's symbolic method
  • symbolic constant
  • symbolic expression
  • symbolic interactionism
  • symbolic language
  • symbolic link
  • symbolic logic
  • symbolic speech

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