象しょう徴ちょう的てき

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Meanings

Describes something that represents or stands for an abstract idea, quality, or larger concept. Often used in formal or analytical contexts.

象しょう徴ちょう的てきな出で来き事ごとa symbolic event
この事じ件けんは時じ代だいの変へん化かを示しめす象しょう徴ちょう的てきな出で来き事ごとだった。
This incident was a symbolic event that showed the changes of the era.
〈物もの〉に象しょう徴ちょう的てきな意い味みがあるfor something to carry symbolic meaning
白しろいハトには平へい和わの象しょう徴ちょう的てきな意い味みがある。
The white dove carries a symbolic meaning of peace.
〈人ひと〉は〈事こと〉の象しょう徴ちょう的てきな存そん在ざいだfor someone to be a symbolic figure of something
彼かれはその運うん動どうの象しょう徴ちょう的てきな存そん在ざいとなった。
He became a symbolic figure of that movement.
象しょう徴ちょう的てきに〈動どう詞し〉to do something symbolically
その絵えは自じ由ゆうを象しょう徴ちょう的てきに表あらわしている。
The painting symbolically represents freedom.

比ひ喩ゆ的てき
象徴的 describes something that stands for an abstract concept as a symbol, while 比喩的 describes language or expression that uses comparison or metaphor.
シンボリック
象徴的 is the everyday native Japanese word for 'symbolic', while シンボリック is a stylish loanword often used in artistic, academic, or modern contexts.
代だい表ひょう的てき
象徴的 means 'symbolic', focusing on standing for a deeper idea, whereas 代表的 simply means 'typical' or 'exemplary' of a group.

実じっ質しつ的てき
象徴的 describes something that has symbolic value without practical substance, while 実質的 describes something that has real, substantive effect or power.

典てん型けい的てきN2
象徴的 means 'symbolic' (standing for an abstract idea), while 典型的 means 'typical' (a representative example of a category), a distinction learners often blur.

From 象徴 (symbol) + 的 (-like, -ic). The base 象徴 is a Sino-Japanese compound of 象 (phenomenon, image) and 徴 (sign, indication).