Symbolic

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Serving as a symbol.
  • adjective. Serving as a particular instance of a broader pattern or situation; representative.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or expressed by means of symbols or a symbol.
  • adjective. Using symbolism.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to symbolism, 4.
  • Of or pertaining to symbols; of the nature of a symbol; serving as a symbol; representative: as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge.
  • In grammar, formal; relational; connective: sometimes noting words having a formal or relational value.
  • In mathematics, dealing with symbols of operation.
  • noun. Same as symbolics.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See symbolics.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative.
  • adjective. the delivery of property sold by delivering something else as a symbol, token, or representative of it.
  • adjective. the philosophy expressed by hieroglyphics.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Pertaining to a symbol.
  • adjective. Referring to something with an implicit meaning.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols
  • adjective. using symbolism
  • adjective. serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
  • Word Usage
    "Many others followed Drucker; Robert Reich coined the phrase "symbolic analysts" much the same as Drucker's "knowledge workers" for those trained to use information in a way that allowed them to thrive in a shifting, information-rich networked world."
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