This is a symbolic act, and the governing party always supports its own candidates.
Whatever the reason, they say that getting a tattoo is always a symbolic act.
Giving your wife a gun could be seen as a ludicrously symbolic act.
With a circulation of 1,000, the publication is a largely symbolic act.
However, various human rights groups noted it as primarily a symbolic act.
It's a symbolic act to which everyone in the office responds.
It may thus be described as a symbolic act rather than actual burial.
It's a symbolic act, and I shall make no move stop it.
Financial participation is - shall we say - a symbolic act.
The President's visit is a powerful political and symbolic act.