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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Emblematic \Em`blem*at"ic\, Emblematical \Em`blem*at"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. embl['e]matique.] Pertaining to containing, or consisting in an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; as emblematic language or ornaments; a crown is emblematic of royalty; white is emblematic of purity. -- {Em`blem*at"ic*al*ly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: emblematic adj 1: 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" [syn: {emblematical}, {symbolic}, {symbolical}] 2: being or serving as an illustration of a type "the free discussion that is emblematic of democracy"; "an action exemplary of his conduct"; [syn: {exemplary}, {typic}]
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