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emblematic

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adjective
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As an adjective, emblematic means serving as, or relating to a symbol, emblem or illustration of a type.

Meanings of emblematic

3 meanings

adjective

  1. Serving as, or relating to a symbol, emblem or illustration of a type.

  2. figurativeTypical.

  3. Serving as a visible symbol for something abstract

    “a crown is emblematic of royalty”

    “the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish”

    Similar: emblematical, symbolic, symbolical

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
emblematicalsymbolicsymbolical
adjective: being or serving as an illustration of a type
exemplarytypic

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