Local English word record

emblematic

adjective · 2 senses

serving as a visible symbol for something abstract

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Examples

  • a crown is emblematic of royalty
  • the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish

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Synonyms

emblematical, symbolic, symbolical

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