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symbolic language

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noun

  1. a specialized language dependent upon the use of symbols for communication and created for the purpose of achieving greater exactitude, as in symbolic logic or mathematics.


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This project delves into the autonomous region of Gagauzia, capturing its vibrant culture through traditional weaving and its symbolic language.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2024

For example, philosopher Hubert Dreyfus's thesis in his 1972 book What Computers Can't Do was that cognition cannot be codified in the symbolic language of computers.

From Scientific American Sep. 24, 2022

This symbolic language is what has become modern logic.

From Textbooks Jun. 15, 2022

Astrology is a symbolic language, Flaherty says — a map that can help you understand your strengths and weaknesses, and figure out the best path to personal growth.

From Washington Post May 13, 2020

For the original tellers of great myths are ever Initiates, who are accustomed to use the symbolic language, and who, of course, use symbols in their fixed and accepted meanings.

From Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries by Besant, Annie Wood

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