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emblematic

[ em-bluh-mat-ik ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to, of the nature of, or serving as an emblem; symbolic.


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  • em·blem·at·i·cal·ly adverb
  • em·blem·at·i·cal·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of emblematic1

1635–45; < Greek emblēmat-, stem of émblēma ( emblem ) + -ic
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Example Sentences

It’s also emblematic of the struggle by financial regulators the world over to regulate the supercharged space of digital currencies.

From Quartz

The congregation is small — about eight people — but the effort is emblematic of the work they do with their nonprofit.

Cotton, the forklift driver in North Dakota, is perhaps emblematic of this shift.

From Time

Canadian historian Margaret MacMillan regards the Iceman story as emblematic of our violent nature.

In a way, Rivera sees Reaves as emblematic of the whole team.

The twang we hear as emblematic of white country music is actually the direct descendant of black folk music banjo.

Because the shop was emblematic of that peculiar Italian institution known as La Faccia: i.e. presenting the best face possible.

Once emblematic of American military muscle, the outposts are now skeletal shells.

Halloween is more emblematic of the American political process than Election Day will ever be.

The flashy release was emblematic of everything people love—and hate—about the band.

This is perhaps emblematic of the twelve tribes, or of the gentiles coming from the east and west to drink of the water of life.

We see no reason why there should not be something put up contiguously, emblematic of St. George and the dragon.

She was as sure of this as of the emblematic meaning of the small crucifix which she had hung above her bed.

Below the low door, with its jambs flanked by long panels covered with hieroglyphs, there was a broad, emblematic square.

It is more likely than otherwise, that this form is emblematic.

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