English to English
symbolic
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adjective (a)
- relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols(adj.pert)Example:
Symbolic logic.
Symbolic operations.
Symbolic thinking.
source: wordnet30 - using symbolism(adj.pert)Example:
Symbolic art.
source: wordnet30 - Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- See Symbolics.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- serving as a visible symbol for something abstract(adj.all)Example:
The spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish.
source: wordnet30
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