symbolic

Definition

  • adjective: expressing or representing an idea or quality without using words
  • adjective: using, employing, or exhibiting a 'symbol'
  • often + 'of'
  • synonyms: allegoric, allegorical, anagogic

Examples

  • a purely 'symbolic' act/gesture [=an act/gesture that is intended as a symbol of something but that does not have any real effect]

  • The number 7 has 'symbolic' significance/importance [=has significance/importance as a symbol] in their religion.

  • The storm is 'symbolically' important in the story.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Let's get back to it. Where was I? I think a sphinx was eating daisies, running in the fields, doing weird stuff. Let's see... "And in this strange and symbolic nature" And in this strange and symbolic nature... You have to call her. Where the pure angel merges with the antic sphinx... (..)
    2011 The Intouchables
  • (..) Get lost! Fuck. Her polished eyes are carved in delicate minerals, And in this strange and symbolic nature... "And in this strange..." "...and symbolic..." - "...nature" - How boring is that? 'Where the pure angel merges (..)
    2011 The Intouchables