EMBLEMATIC


Meaning of EMBLEMATIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ embləmætɪk ]

1.

If something, such as an object in a picture, is emblematic of a particular quality or an idea, it symbolically represents the quality or idea.

Dogs are emblematic of faithfulness...

= symbolic

ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , usu ADJ of n

2.

If you say that something is emblematic of a state of affairs, you mean that it is characteristic of it and represents its most typical features.

The killing in Pensacola is emblematic of a lot of the violence that is happening around the world.

= representative

ADJ : usu v-link ADJ of n

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