1.
If something, such as an object in a picture, is ~ of a particular quality or an idea, it symbolically represents the quality or idea.
Dogs are ~ of faithfulness...
= symbolic
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, usu ADJ of n
2.
If you say that something is ~ of a state of affairs, you mean that it is characteristic of it and represents its most typical features.
The killing in Pensacola is ~ of a lot of the violence that is happening around the world.
= representative
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ of n