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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
  • Any object, typically material, which is meant to represent another (usually abstract) even if there is no meaningful relationship.
  • A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.
  • linguistics A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context; a symbol arbitrarily denotes a referent. See also icon and index.

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