symbolic
When one thing represents something else that's more abstract, it is symbolic
The phrase "be symbolic of" is often used. For example:
Example Sentences:
The hockey team’s mascot was very symbolic of the team
Wedding rings are symbolic of eternal love.
The dove is symbolic of peace.
Yellow clothes are worn as symbolic of spring.
The change from long to short hair is symbolic of the woman's need for change in her whole life.
COLLOCATIONS
a symbolic gesture
Example Sentences:
They fired arrows out to sea in a symbolic gesture of defiance.
a symbolic act
Example Sentences:
Lighting the Olympic flame is a symbolic act.
symbolic importance/significance
Example Sentences:
The capture of the city was of great symbolic importance.
largely symbolic
Example Sentences:
The vote was largely symbolic.
purely symbolic
Example Sentences:
Our protest was meant to be purely symbolic.
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