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    SYMBOLICAL

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     I. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Serving as a visible symbol for something abstractplay

    Example:

    the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish

    Synonyms:

    emblematic; emblematical; symbolic; symbolical

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    representative (standing for something else)

    Derivation:

    symbol (something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbolsplay

    Example:

    symbolic thinking

    Synonyms:

    symbolic; symbolical

    Classified under:

    Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

    Pertainym:

    symbol (an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance)

    Derivation:

    symbol (something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible)

    symbol (an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance)

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