symbolic value
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsymbolicandvalue
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symbolic
adjective
uk/sɪmˈbɒl.ɪk/us/sɪmˈbɑː.lɪk/
representing ...
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value
noun
uk/ˈvæl.juː/us/ˈvæl.juː/
the amount of money that can be received ...
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(Definition ofsymbolicandvaluefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We will argue that the appeal tosymbolicvalueis both redundant and misleading.
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This sometimes involves ideas related tosymbolicvalue, but the discussion of these is beyond the purview of this paper.
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The expected values of either type (expected value range or expectedsymbolicvalue) are compared with the corresponding design attribute values.
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Is thesymbolicvalueof the technology of any moral relevance?
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In time, this repetitive attribution of a particularsymbolicvalueto certain social actions became assumed as normative.
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Within the realm of norms and ideas, thissymbolicvaluecan be just as important in shaping behaviours and identities.
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Clearly these largely absent friends hadsymbolicvalue.
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But these considerations would not have any significant effect on the argument fromsymbolicvalueto moral value.
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Thesymbolicvalueof personal gifts and possessions as a symbol of the deceased is addressed in a particularly insightful chapter.
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In one sense, it is (at least in part) comprised of the buildings and spaces of a town's civic culture, together with itssymbolicvalue.
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Our view, however, is that the absence of effective communication led to the residents' bodies acquiring asymbolicvaluein care homes.
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Additionally, the capsule a patient receives is pharmacologically inert, but hardly inert with respect to itssymbolicvalueand its power as a conditioned stimulus.
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So there is a sense in which it does not matter how the human embryo acquiredsymbolicvalue.
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We will discuss the third issue after considering some relevant examples ofsymbolicvalue.
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If such appeals have moral weight, how is thesymbolicvaluebalanced with other values?
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This question specifically concerns the problem of how to weigh appeals tosymbolicvaluewhen they compete with the needs of individuals.
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The authors argue that discourse dominance, proficiency, priority, usage patterns, andsymbolicvalue all contribute to the type of discourse described.
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With reference to the debate on stem cell research, the argument fromsymbolicvalueto moral value encompasses a wide spectrum of views.
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To a modern reader, the obscurities of this ancient text perhaps stand out more than itssymbolicvalue.
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Our purpose is to argue that the move fromsymbolicvalueto moral value is inadequate.
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