symbolic
The English word “symbolic” has 2 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Pertaining to a symbol.
- Implicitly representing or referring to another thing.
Etymology
From French symbolique or directly from Latin symbolicus, from Ancient Greek συμβολικός (sumbolikós, “of or belonging to a symbol”), equivalent to symbol + -ic.
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