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Significant purely in terms of what is being represented or implied

Serving as a symbol

Constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on, or derived from

Provoking doubt

A characteristic particular to something

Relating to or denoting art that does not attempt to represent external reality directly

Represented by pictures

Being, or existing as, something in name only

Relating to or used in poetry

Having an imaginative or sensitively emotional style of expression

Intended to create an impression but having no real importance

Relating to, based on, or appearing in myths or mythology

Having picturesque scenery

Serving as an example or explanation

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Significant purely in terms of what is being represented or implied

representational

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“However, the territories gained were significant only in a symbolic way.”

Adjective

Serving as a symbol

“The exploration and searching of the butterfly may be symbolic of the poet's search for an explanation or a meaning for the death of someone close to him.”

Adjective

Constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on, or derived from

standardised^UK

standardized^US

matter-of-course

differentiating

individualistic

recognizable^US

individualizing^US

individualising^UK

recognisable^UK

dream come true

run-of-the-mill

par for the course

picture-perfect

particularised^UK

particularized^US

most characteristic

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Adjective

Provoking doubt

Adjective

A characteristic particular to something

individualistic

differentiating

characteristic of

individualising^UK

individualizing^US

personalized^US

individualized^US

personalised^UK

individualised^UK

recognizable^US

recognisable^UK

particularized^US

particularised^UK

distinguishable

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Adjective

Relating to or denoting art that does not attempt to represent external reality directly

Adjective

Represented by pictures

Adjective

Being, or existing as, something in name only

Adjective

Relating to or used in poetry

easy on the ear

pleasant-sounding

pleasing to the ear

on same wavelength

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Having an imaginative or sensitively emotional style of expression

full of feeling

aesthetically pleasing

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Intended to create an impression but having no real importance

inconsequential

nickel-and-dime

not worth mentioning

of no consequence

of no importance

not worth bothering about

thin on the ground

hard to come by

few and far between

of little account

of little consequence

of little importance

not worth speaking of

twopenny-halfpenny

neither here nor there

beside the point

of no great concern

of minor importance

no great shakes

counterproductive

of little import

of no significance

unconsequential

not worth a hill of beans

indistinguishable

barely perceptible

too little too late

matter of indifference

a matter of indifference

makes no difference

not to the point

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

lacking substance

one-dimensional

without success

in vicious circle

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Relating to, based on, or appearing in myths or mythology

phantasmagorical

product of someone's imagination

fool's paradise

out of this world

economical with the truth

out of touch with reality

created out of thin air

larger-than-life

all in the mind

hard to swallow

castles in the air

head-in-the-clouds

all in one's head

figment of someone's imagination

head in the clouds

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Adjective

Having picturesque scenery

Adjective

Serving as an example or explanation

representational

cross-sectional

by way of explanation

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