symbolic
English
Etymology
From French symbolique or directly from Latin symbolicus, from Ancient Greek συμβολικός (sumbolikós, “of or belonging to a symbol”)
Pronunciation
Audio (General American) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒlɪk
Adjective
symbolic (comparative more symbolic, superlative most symbolic)
- Pertaining to a symbol.
- 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
- Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.
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- Implicitly representing or referring to another thing.
- a symbolic gesture
Derived terms
terms derived from symbolic (adjective)
Related terms
terms related to symbolic (adjective)
Translations
pertaining to a symbol
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implicitly referring to another thing
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