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Definition of emblematic in English: emblematicadjective ˌɛmbləˈmatɪkˌɛmbləˈmædɪk Serving as a symbol of a particular quality or concept; symbolic. this case is emblematic of a larger problem Example sentencesExamples - Indeed, the crisis at Rover has been emblematic of the character of the campaign to date.
- The downside is that this election's emblematic hardworking New Zealander might be smart enough to resent this.
- That is really emblematic of what the country has been through.
- Here the statues so emblematic of Greek identity are phantoms of a shattered and shattering present.
- They're seen as emblematic, as representative, as illustrative of a relationship that America has with the rest of the world.
Synonyms symbolic, representative, demonstrative, suggestive, symptomatic, indicative, typical, characteristic allegorical, symbolic, symbolizing, metaphorical, parabolic, evocative, figurative
Derivatives adjectiveˌɛˈmatɪk(ə)l During the disputes between the two countries, Dr. Franklin invented a little emblematical design, intended to represent the supposed state of Great Britain and her colonies. Example sentencesExamples - Emblematical of the season are gold and silver, prayer-book markers, and rosaries with beads of precious metals or garnets.
- Scholem tells us that Benjamin always had ‘a pronounced sense of the emblematical,’ which is perhaps why he appeals to us today, absorbed as we are in the hermeneutics of signs.
adverbˌɛˈmatɪk(ə)li To be able to explain a natural phenomenon, an earthquake, but at the same time try to use it emblematically to show the way language works in poetry. Example sentencesExamples - Mr. B mentioned improvements in automobiles, using airbags emblematically to illustrate that a number of features have been added over the decades.
- Although written in Yiddish, these works are emblematically American tales.
- So in essence we have three mythological love stories, each of which came to be emblematically linked in the Renaissance to a different art.
- Both ecclesiastical and secular patronage are documented through portraiture and more emblematically through heraldry or inscription.
Rhymes achromatic, acrobatic, Adriatic, aerobatic, anagrammatic, aquatic, aristocratic, aromatic, asthmatic, athematic, attic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, bureaucratic, charismatic, chromatic, cinematic, climatic, dalmatic, democratic, diagrammatic, diaphragmatic, diplomatic, dogmatic, dramatic, ecstatic, emphatic, enigmatic, epigrammatic, erratic, fanatic, hepatic, hieratic, hydrostatic, hypostatic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, isochromatic, lymphatic, melodramatic, meritocratic, miasmatic, monochromatic, monocratic, monogrammatic, numismatic, operatic, panchromatic, pancreatic, paradigmatic, phlegmatic, photostatic, piratic, plutocratic, pneumatic, polychromatic, pragmatic, prelatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, psychosomatic, quadratic, rheumatic, schematic, schismatic, sciatic, semi-automatic, Socratic, somatic, static, stigmatic, sub-aquatic, sylvatic, symptomatic, systematic, technocratic, thematic, theocratic, thermostatic, traumatic Definition of emblematic in US English: emblematicadjectiveˌɛmbləˈmædɪkˌembləˈmadik Serving as a symbol of a particular quality or concept; symbolic. this case is emblematic of a larger problem Example sentencesExamples - They're seen as emblematic, as representative, as illustrative of a relationship that America has with the rest of the world.
- That is really emblematic of what the country has been through.
- The downside is that this election's emblematic hardworking New Zealander might be smart enough to resent this.
- Indeed, the crisis at Rover has been emblematic of the character of the campaign to date.
- Here the statues so emblematic of Greek identity are phantoms of a shattered and shattering present.
Synonyms symbolic, representative, demonstrative, suggestive, symptomatic, indicative, typical, characteristic allegorical, symbolic, symbolizing, metaphorical, parabolic, evocative, figurative |