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simbolic

Simbolic is not a standard English term; it is most often encountered as a misspelling or a stylistic variant of symbolic. The conventional English adjective is symbolic, meaning relating to, or using, symbols; it can describe a thing that represents something else, or that has symbolic meaning. In mathematics, logic, computer science, and the arts, symbolic representations and symbolic reasoning are common uses.

Etymology traces symbolic to the Latin symbolum, via Greek symbolon, with the modern English form established

In practical terms, if you mean the concept of symbols or symbol-based representation, you should use symbolic.

See also: Symbolic, Symbol, Symbolism, Symbolist.

through
Old
French
and
later
English.
The
spelling
"simbolic"
is
rarely
used
in
formal
writing;
when
seen,
it
is
usually
the
result
of
typographic
error,
an
alternate
branding
choice,
or
language-specific
orthography
rather
than
a
separate
term
with
a
distinct
meaning.
If
"Simbolic"
appears
as
a
title,
product
name,
or
proper
noun,
it
may
be
intentional
branding
and
should
be
treated
as
a
name
rather
than
a
common
noun.