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Pronunciation: [ˌɛmbə͡lmˈatɪk] (IPA)

Emblematic is a word that describes something symbolic or representative of a larger idea or concept. Synonyms for this word include iconic, representative, symbolic, characteristic, noteworthy, emblematical, and paradigmatic. Iconic refers to something widely recognized as a symbol of something larger, whereas representative focuses on something that stands in for or represents a larger group or idea. Symbolic is similar to emblematic in meaning, and characteristic highlights something as a defining feature. Noteworthy draws attention to something for its importance or significance, while emblematical emphasizes the symbolic nature of something. Finally, paradigmatic suggests something that serves as a model or example for others.

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Antonyms are words that are opposite in meaning to a particular word. The word 'emblematic' refers to something that is symbolic or representative of a particular trait, idea, or concept. Some antonyms for the word emblematic are 'atypical', 'nonrepresentative', and 'uncharacteristic'. These words denote the absence of a particular symbol or characteristic. Another antonym for 'emblematic' is 'inconspicuous' which implies something that is not noticeable or significant. Therefore, if someone wants to describe something that is not symbolic or representative of a particular trait, they can use these antonyms in place of 'emblematic'.

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Usage examples for Emblematic

Such gifts were not uncommon; and tokens worn in hats or helmets were not always emblematic of the tender passion.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
Justice and Law have ignored the significance of the Great Seal of the United States, with its emblematic olive branch and thirteen arrows, "all proper," and now claim that, without force, Law and moral suasion have carried us through one hundred years of history.
"Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles"
Alfred T. Mahan
The windows did not receive their coloured glass at first; but Mr. Keble had an earnest wish to make them follow the wonderful emblematic series to which he had been accustomed in the really unique Church of Fairford, where he had grown up.
"John Keble's Parishes"
Charlotte M Yonge

Famous quotes with Emblematic

  • The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the last 20 years. Doors opened; opportunities evolved. Law, institutions, corporations moved forward. But many minds did not.
    Anna Quindlen
  • I avoided nudity unless a film couldn't be told without those scenes. If you look at my films, few of them have that element, yet nudity and male fantasies have become emblematic of my work.
    Greta Scacchi
  • The world is emblematic. Parts of speech are metaphors because the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • The London office of the International Council for University Development was in Queen Street. Edwin hesitated outside, adjusting his cap, tightening the knot of his tie, smoothing his pyjama collar. The portals, a naked sculptural group above them emblematic of the Tutorial System, were designed to intimidate. The doors were all glass and hence appeared to be ever-open ; this again must be emblematic of something.
    Anthony Burgess
  • I had felt sick before and had been saved by Sekt. Now I was beginning to feel sick of the Sekt. I would, I knew, shortly have to vomit.... I started gently to move towards one of the open windows. The aims of the artistic policy enunciated by the National Chamber of Film might, said Goebbels, be expressed under seven headings. Oh Christ. First, the articulation of the sense of racial pride, which might, without reprehensible arrogance, be construed as a just sense of racial superiority. Just, I thought, moving towards the breath of the autumn dark, like the Jews, just like the. This signified, Goebbels went on, not narrow German chauvinism but a pride in being of the great original Aryan race, once master of the heartland and to be so again. The Aryan destiny was enshrined in the immemorial Aryan myths, preserved without doubt in their purest form in the ancient tongue of the heartland. Second. But at this point I had made the open window. With relief the Sekt that seethed within me bore itself mouthward on waves of reverse peristalsis. Below me a great flag with a swastika on flapped gently in the night breeze of autumn. It did not now lift my heart; it was not my heart that was lifting. I gave it, with gargoyling mouth, a litre or so of undigested Sekt. And then some strings of spittle. It was not, perhaps, as good as pissing on the flag, but, in retrospect, it takes on a mild quality of emblematic defiance...
    Anthony Burgess

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