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)