as in symbolical
having the function or meaning of an object or figure that stands for something else
a computer program with representational icons for different functions
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Recent Examples of representational
The effect is to infuse the story with an undeniable and knowing nostalgia; how quaint, at Alma’s party, to find everyone debating matters of representational consequence.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
These models encode representational maps.
—Eric Markowitz, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
In bird and wildlife art more broadly, there will always be a place for the strictly representational, for realism, but any medium or genre refusing to evolve dies.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
But democratic socialism also suffers from a deeper representational problem.
—Jerel Ezell, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
These models encode representational maps.
—Eric Markowitz, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
In bird and wildlife art more broadly, there will always be a place for the strictly representational, for realism, but any medium or genre refusing to evolve dies.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
But democratic socialism also suffers from a deeper representational problem.
—Jerel Ezell, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for representational
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Blinky became a symbolic picture for real-world commentary regarding the dangers of mutation and nuclear waste, and in 2011, a real-life three-eyed wolf fish was caught near an Argentinian nuclear plant, per ZME Science.—
Zoe Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Inside was a large, red object that turned out to be creepily symbolic.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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Besides their important representative basis, the choices play an important role in the Artemis program.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
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The positivity around Friday’s draw is representative of where things stand with this national team.—
Paul Tenorio,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Representational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/representational. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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