symbolhaft

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German

Etymology

Symbol +‎ -haft

Pronunciation

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Adjective

symbolhaft (strong nominative masculine singular symbolhafter, comparative symbolhafter, superlative am symbolhaftesten)

  1. symbolic, iconic
    • 2017 April 26, Heike-Melba Fendel, “Gut erholt ist falsch gelebt”, in Die Zeit:
      Ob Geschäft oder Erholung: Der symbolhafte Raum ist hier immer der Duty-Free-Shop, der einem bereits qua Namen von jeder Pflicht entbindet, außer der einen: des Kaufens von Dingen, die im besten Fall unnötig, in jedem Fall aber weltweit überall sonst verfügbar sind.
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