symbolic

symbolic
[[t]sɪmbɒ̱lɪk[/t]]
1) ADJ If you describe an event, action, or procedure as symbolic, you mean that it represents an important change, although it has little practical effect.

A lot of Latin-American officials are stressing the symbolic importance of the trip...

The move today was largely symbolic.

Derived words:
symbolically [[t]sɪmbɒ̱lɪkli[/t]] ADV ADV adj, ADV with cl

It was a simple enough gesture, but symbolically important.

2) ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ of n Something that is symbolic of a person or thing is regarded or used as a symbol of them.

Yellow clothes are worn as symbolic of spring...

The change from long to short hair is symbolic of the woman's need for change in her whole life.

Derived words:
symbolically ADV ADV with v

Each circle symbolically represents the whole of humanity.

3) ADJ: ADJ n Symbolic is used to describe things involving or relating to symbols.

...symbolic representations of landscape.


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