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