symbolical
- adjective
- /sɪmˈbɑːlɪkəl/
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simbólico
- The artist makes use of "symbolical consciousness"; the symbolic infrastructure of a work of art is a "veil by which the truth of things may be half-concealed and half-revealed..." (15).
Examples
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Certain Lutheran symbolical books were enumerated and their status confirmed in the constitution.
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Bergson contrasts this abstract, symbolical knowledge with a kind of knowledge which he considers "absolute," which is immediate, direct, and non-symbolical.
Academic text (1996) -
So yesterday for me, I know it's symbolical and like it it, it's, it's part of letting go.
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It must stand for the whole world to you, symbolical of all things.
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To give full and undistracted attention to but one phenomenon is to see it flower into a "symbolical" presentment of the whole.
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Magical, symbolical, and festive, popular religion brings people in contact with God, whom they imagine as a God of absolute closeness, within whose orbit of sovereignty everything of weal or woe happens without any distinctions of causality.
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The dove is often seen as a symbolical representation of peace.
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Her artwork is symbolical of her struggles and triumphs throughout life.
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In literature, the journey of the hero is symbolical of personal growth and self-discovery.
Synonyms
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4.3
A way of showing meaning using a color, object or action
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7.0
A symbol of an idea or quality, like a flag
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6.2
Something that clearly shows a quality or idea
Acting as a symbol of an idea like peace or courage
Using symbols to suggest ideas or feelings instead of saying them directly
Antonyms
How Symbolic
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Etymology
Symbolical comes from the simpler word symbol, which meant 'a sign' or 'a token' that stands for something else. So when something is symbolical, it uses a sign or image to show an idea, like a dove that stands for peace.