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English adjective: symbolic

1. symbolic relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols


SamplesSymbolic logic.
Symbolic operations.
Symbolic thinking.


Synonymssymbolical

2. symbolic serving as a visible symbol for something abstract


SamplesA crown is emblematic of royalty.
The spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish.


Synonymsemblematic, emblematical, symbolical


Similarrepresentative


Antonymsnonrepresentative, unsymbolic

3. symbolic using symbolism


SamplesSymbolic art.









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