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Definition of Symbolic

Symbolic

  1. See Symbolics.
  2. Alt. of Symbolical

Symbolic Quotations

We humans are an extremely important manifestation of the replication bomb, because it is through us - through our brains, our symbolic culture and our technology - that the explosion may proceed to the next stage and reverberate through deep space.
Richard Dawkins

The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking.
Deepak Chopra

Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.
Paul Tillich

Men do not have to cook their food; they do so for symbolic reasons to show they are men and not beasts.
Edmund Leach

A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations of religion, think of me as a symbolic public opponent of that in extremis. And sometimes that makes me feel a bit alarmed, to be the repository of other people's hope.
Christopher Hitchens
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Symbolic Translations

symbolic in French is symbolique, symbolique
symbolic in German is symbolisch
symbolic in Italian is allegorico
symbolic in Swedish is symbolisk

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