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Definition of: symbolic
(sim·bol′ik) adjective
1. Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; expressed by a symbol.
2. Serving as signs of relation or connection; relational; connective: distinguished from presentive: said of certain classes of words, as prepositions and conjunctions.
3. Characterized by or involving the use of symbols: symbolic poetry. Also sym·bol′i·cal.
—sym·bol′i·cal·ly adverb
—sym·bol′i·cal·ness noun
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