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Adjective: symbolic  sim'bólik
  1. Relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols
    "symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic thinking"
    - symbolical
     
  2. Serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
    "the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonial Massachusetts as the codfish"
    - emblematic, emblematical, symbolical
     
  3. Using symbolism
    "symbolic art"

See also: representative, symbol, symbolically, symbolism

Encyclopedia: Symbolic