emblematic

Adjective

• being or serving as an illustration of a type;
  • the free discussion that is emblematic of democracy
    
  • an action exemplary of his conduct
    

• serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
  • a crown is emblematic of royalty
    
  • the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish
    

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• Synonyms: 
  exemplary , typic , emblematical , symbolic , symbolical