Meaning and Symbolic

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Meaning adjective - Clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood).

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Symbolic and meaning are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Symbolic" instead an adjective "Meaning".

Nearby Words: mean, means, meaningful, meaningless, meaningly

Symbolic adjective - Having the function or meaning of an object or figure that stands for something else.

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Meaning and symbolic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Meaning" instead an adjective "Symbolic".

Rammstein's song "Laichzeit" has no meaning at all but sounds very symbolic or at least, depending on how you look at it, like a song about sex using metaphors.

Source: Faux Symbolism aka: What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic
It's mostly symbolic instead of literal in terms of storytelling, and it was only once the series was completed that people could reflect on the series as a whole for its meaning.

Source: Video Game / BIT.TRIP
The "Lied" part (though actually meaning "song" in German) is symbolic to the English term "lie," meaning deception, a fitting reference to the innocent persona Nyu and the sociopathic persona Lucy.

Source: Manga / Elfen Lied

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