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Symbolic

Symbolic Meaning & Definition
Symbolic Definition And Meaning

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

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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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