Symbolic

Symbolic may refer to:

• Symbol, something that represents an idea, a process, or a physical entity

Mathematics, logic, and computing

• Symbolic computation, a scientific area concerned with computing with mathematical formulas
• Symbolic dynamics, a method for modeling dynamical systems by a discrete space consisting of infinite sequences of abstract symbols
• Symbolic execution, the analysis of computer programs by tracking symbolic rather than actual values
• Symbolic link, a special type of file in a computer memory storage system
• Symbolic logic, the use of symbols for logical operations in logic and mathematics

Music

• Symbolic (Death album), a 1995 album by the band Death
• Symbolic (Voodoo Glow Skulls album), a 2000 album by the band Voodoo Glow Skulls

Social sciences

• Symbolic anthropology, the study of cultural symbols and how those symbols can be interpreted to better understand a particular society
• Symbolic capital, the resources available to an individual on the basis of honor, prestige or recognition in sociology and anthropology
• Symbolic interaction, a system of interaction in sociology
• Symbolic system, a structured system of symbols in anthropology, sociology and psychology
• The Symbolic or Symbolic Order, Jacques Lacan's attempt to contrast with The Imaginary and The Real in psychoanalysis

See also

• Symbol (disambiguation)
• Symbolism (disambiguation)
• Symbolic representation (disambiguation)