形容词

1. (事件、行动、程序)象征的，象征性的
If you describe an event, action, or procedure as symbolic, you mean that it represents an important change, although it has little practical effect.

1. serving as a visible symbol for something abstract

e.g. a crown is emblematic of royalty
the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish

Synonym: emblematicemblematicalsymbolical

2. relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols

e.g. symbolic logic
symbolic operations
symbolic thinking

Synonym: symbolical

3. using symbolism

e.g. symbolic art