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[ adjective ] characteristic or indicative of e.g. a disease
Synonyms Examples "a diagnostic sign of yellow fever" "diagnostic information" "a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever" "symptomatic of insanity" "a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown" Used in print (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)The motifs of impersonal interdependence and insulation of residential communities have polarized ; the schism between central_city and suburb , Negro and White , blue_collar and white_collar can be viewed_as symptomatic_of this deeper polarization of trends in the metropolis . (Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)This is , however , symptomatic_of our national malaise . As symptomatic_of the common_man 's malaise , he is most significant : a liberal and a Catholic , elected by the skin_of_his_teeth . Related terms |
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