adjective
1. relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols
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symbolic logic
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symbolic operations
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symbolic thinking
• Syn: ↑symbolic
2. serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
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a crown is emblematic of royalty
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the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish
• Syn: ↑emblematic, ↑emblematical, ↑symbolic
• Similar to: ↑representative
• Derivationally related forms: ↑symbol, ↑symbol (for: ↑symbolic), ↑emblem (for: ↑emblematical), ↑emblem (for: ↑emblematic)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.