Definition of "emblematize" []

• To represent with or as if with an emblem; symbolize. (verb-transitive)

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• ""See you in Sochi," the Russians 'somewhat affectedly chummy slogan for the 2014 Games, seems to emblematize their collective desire for a very different outcome this time."
• "Since the Live Aid movement captured the hearts and wallets of people in the Occidental world, the sallow-faced Ethiopian child has come to emblematize Africa: exotic, needy, and victimized."
• "You could emblematize the public debate problem with, oh, this page."