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"word": "antisymbolic"
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"word": "asymbolic"
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"word": "Blissard's symbolic method"
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{
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{
"word": "shambolic"
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{
"word": "sociosymbolic"
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{
"word": "sound-symbolic"
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{
"word": "subsymbolic"
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{
"word": "symblematic"
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{
"word": "symbolical"
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{
"word": "symbolically"
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{
"word": "symbolicate"
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{
"word": "symbolic constant"
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{
"word": "symbolic expression"
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{
"word": "symbolicism"
},
{
"word": "symbolic language"
},
{
"word": "symbolic link"
},
{
"word": "symbolic logic"
},
{
"word": "symbolicness"
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{
"word": "symbolics"
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{
"word": "symbolic speech"
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{
"word": "unsymbolic"
}
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"5": "of or belonging to a symbol"
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"word": "symbology"
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{
"word": "symbolistic"
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"word": "symbolization"
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"word": "symbolisation"
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"ref": "2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:",
"text": "Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.",
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xorhrdanšakan",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "խորհրդանշական"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śaṅketik",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "সাংকেতিক"
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{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "protiki",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "প্রতীকী"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "simvoličen",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "символичен"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "simbòlic"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "symbolický"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "symbolisch"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "simbola"
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "sümboolne"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "symbolinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "symbolique"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "simbólico"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "symbolisch"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "simlí",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "סמלי"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "simlít",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "סמלית"
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{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "tañbalyq",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "таңбалық"
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{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "simvoldyq",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "символдық"
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{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "simvolikalyq",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "символикалық"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "sembolîk"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "remzî"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "simbolisks"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "symbolsk"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "Nynorsk symbolsk"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "symboliczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "simbólico"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "simbólico"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "simbolic"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "simvolíčeskij",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "символи́ческий"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "samhlachail"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "simbólico"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "symvolíčnyj",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "символі́чний"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "simbolish",
"sense": "pertaining to a symbol",
"word": "סימבאָליש"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "simbolik"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xorhrdanšakan",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "խորհրդանշական"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "simbólicu"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śaṅketik",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "সাংকেতিক"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "protiki",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "প্রতীকী"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "simvoličen",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "символичен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "simbòlic"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "tähistav"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "vertauskuvallinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "symbolique"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "symbolisch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "symbolträchtig"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "simlí",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "סמלי"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "simlít",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "סמלית"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "simbóli",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "סימבולי"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "simbólit",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "סימבולית"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "jelképes"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "szimbolikus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "simbolisks"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "simbòliškas"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "simbòlinis"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "pratīkātmaka",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "പ്രതീകാത്മക"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "simbólico"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "simbolic"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "samhlachail"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "simbòličan"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "simbóličen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "simbólico"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "symvolíčnyj",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "символі́чний"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "simbolish",
"sense": "implicitly referring to another thing",
"word": "סימבאָליש"
}
],
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}
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