emblematic

em·blem·at·ic (

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k) or em·blem·at·i·cal (-

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adj.

Of, relating to, or serving as an emblem; symbolic.

[French emblématique, from Medieval Latin emblmaticus, of an emblem, from Latin emblma, emblmat-, emblem; see emblem.]

emblem·ati·cal·ly adv.

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Adj.	1.	emblematic - 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" emblematical, symbolic, symbolical representative - standing for something else; "the bald eagle is representative of the United States"
	2.	emblematic - being or serving as an illustration of a type; "the free discussion that is emblematic of democracy"; "an action exemplary of his conduct"; typic, exemplary typical - exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category; "a typical American girl"; "a typical suburban community"; "the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year"; "a painting typical of the Impressionist school"; "a typical romantic poem"; "a typical case of arteritis"

emblematic emblematical

adjective

1. symbolic, significant, figurative, allegorical Dogs are emblematic of faithfulness.

2. characteristic, representative, typical, symptomatic This comment is emblematic of his no-nonsense approach to life.

Translations

emblematic [ˌemblɪˈmætɪk] ADJ → emblemático

emblematic [ˌɛmbləˈmætɪk] adj

(= symbolic) [object, picture, figure] → emblématique
to be emblematic of sth → être un symbole de qch

(= representative, typical) to be emblematic of sth → être emblématique de qch

emblematic

adj → emblematisch (of für)

emblematic [ˌɛmbləˈmætɪk] adj → emblematico/a

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Agnus Dei
allegorical
cowling
disa
emblem
emblematical
Emblematiccize
exemplary
figuration
genus Disa
hood ornament
Ichthus
Jolly Roger
metaphorical
paschal lamb
Plate mark
representative
scepter
sceptre

In the array of funerals, too -- whether for the apparel of the dead body, or to typify, by manifold emblematic devices of sable cloth and snowy lawn, the sorrow of the survivors -- there was a frequent and characteristic demand for such labour as Hester Prynne could supply.

The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

Concerts and plays swept past them, money had been spent and renewed, reputations won and lost, and the city herself, emblematic of their lives, rose and fell in a continual flux, while her shallows washed more widely against the hills of Surrey and over the fields of Hertfordshire.

Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context

This instrument, however, might perhaps have been emblematic of his double functions.

Typee by Melville, Herman View in context

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