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symbolic

English

Etymology

From French symbolique or directly from Latin symbolicus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (sumbolikós, of or belonging to a symbol)

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sym?bo?lic
  • Rhymes: -?l?k

Adjective

symbolic (comparative more symbolic, superlative most symbolic)

  1. Pertaining to a symbol.
  2. Implicitly representing or referring to another thing.
    a symbolic gesture

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symbolicism

English

Etymology

From symbolic +? -ism.

Noun

symbolicism (usually uncountable, plural symbolicisms)

  1. An approach to understanding human cognition that is committed to language like symbolic processing as the best method of explanation.

Related terms

  • symbol
  • symbolical
  • symbolically
  • symbolic
  • symbolics
  • symbolisation
  • symbolise
  • symbolism
  • symbolist
  • symbolistic
  • symbolization
  • symbolize
  • symbology
  • symbolology

References

  • Philosophy of Mind Dictionary.

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