REPRESENTATIONAL Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

representational

adjective

Definition of representational

as in symbolic

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 There are very real representational problems with regard to realism, phones, and internet life’s microwave instructions for rendering the literal ironic and the ironic literal. — M. C. Mah, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026 So what better way to counter decades of representational flattening than with a show whose central characters are young Londoners who share that label but little besides it—and then throw them together in a punk band? — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026 Created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi, the show was celebrated for its representational milestones both in front and behind the camera for the entirety of its three season run. — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026 The Semiquincentennial Commission was conjured into being by Congress back in 2016, during that long-ago summer when the Democratic Party was convening in Philadelphia and the succession of one form of representational liberalism to another seemed pretty well secure. — Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026 From the sitcom’s second season, Allen created an ecosystem of Black characters from varying socioeconomic backgrounds, with different ideals and goals, while showcasing both representational and aspirational models of Black excellence. — Ronda Racha Penrice, VIBE.com, 4 June 2026 Soon, this recognition stretched to include representational painting by younger Black artists, as museums, galleries, and collectors still more clearly signaled their progressive intent. — Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 2026 Adapting their identities, behaviors, and social realities to the representational limits of machines. — Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 Her own work moves between evocative and representational — but there’s always a thread. — The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 14 Apr. 2026

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Nominal damages are a small symbolic sum of money awarded when a legal right is violated.

— Jack Harvel August 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
Cadet will work with architect Rodney Leon, who is also of Haitian descent, and who will advise on the interpretive writing and symbolic elements of the statue and its lighting and siting.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of symbolic

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Twenty-one representative motion clips were subsequently deployed on a physical humanoid robot, demonstrating reliable transfer from simulation to hardware.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
His election as chief executive in 2008 and 2012 greatly furthered rapprochement with Beijing, though negotiations on representative offices were unsuccessful.

— Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

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