symbolic : Idioms & Phrases
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symbolic logic
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noun any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity
formal logic; mathematical logic.
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symbolic logician
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noun a person skilled at symbolic logic
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symbolic representation
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noun something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
symbolization; symbol; symbolisation.
- the eagle is a symbol of the United States
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Symbolical delivery
(Law) , the delivery of property sold by delivering something else as a symbol, token, or representative of it. Bouvier. Chitty.
Webster 1913
Symbolical philosophy
- the philosophy expressed by hieroglyphics.