About The Word Symbolic
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Symbolic
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What's The Definition Of Symbolic?
[adj] 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"
[adj] relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols; "symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic thinking" [adj] using symbolism; "symbolic art" Synonyms | Synonyms for Symbolic: emblematic | emblematical | representative | symbolical | symbolical Related Terms | Find terms related to Symbolic: See Also | Symbolic In Webster's Dictionary \Sym*bol"ic\, n. [Cf. F. symbolique. See {Symbolic},
a.] (Theol.)
See {Symbolics}.
\Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, a. [L. symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.] 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. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ness}, n. The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer. Taylor. {Symbolical delivery} (Law), the delivery of property sold by delivering something else as a symbol, token, or representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty. {Symbolical philosophy}, the philosophy expressed by hieroglyphics. |
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