symbolic

A censure motion is politically symbolic but carries no constitutional or legal weight.

"However, it’s an overdue symbolic decision to raise the stakes and demonstrate military support to Ukraine."

Watts said the Nevada measure is largely “symbolic,” but he “welcomes” people to push the interpretation further so it applies to prison labor.

“That’s not about being Latino or Asian. It’s about not just symbolic representation but material representation. So that Boyle Heights doesn’t just become a historically Latino community — that it stays one.”

“As a single frame, the image is symbolic to the tone of the whole movie,” says cinematographer Lawrence Sher.