SYLLEPTIC Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

sylleptic

adjective

Definition of sylleptic

as in symbolic

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Once a name is tied to an address, the gap between symbolic hostility and a physical approach narrows, pulling family members, staff and neighbours into the exposure too.

— Control Risks, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
The film’s observational intensity yields a form of symbolic realism that highlights both the action and its import—both the drama and the ideas and systems that undergird it.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of symbolic

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The half-dozen allegorical sculptures gathered in the new museum—The Lions, Liberty, Progress, Work, Peace, and Justice—were commissioned for Buenos Aires’s Palace of the Argentine National Congress in 1906.

— News Desk, Artforum, 13 Aug. 2026
Depicting the rise and spectacular fall of an Anglo- and Euro-centric civilization, the series was originally presented as an allegorical warning about imperial expansion to the then-young nation.

— Cat Dawson, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of allegorical

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Marshall’s detractors say the Florida property is emblematic of a lawmaker who is out of touch with his constituents.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026
Swodoba posits that the subject’s dress is emblematic of fashions that were popular in Rome around 1670.

— News Desk, Artforum, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of emblematic

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