>>14097769Are you stupid? Abstract and arbitrary are not synonymous and primitive is entirely meaningless in this context. Let's try this a different way. Since you can't be fucked to look up the definition of the word "symbol", I'll bring it to you.
sym·bol
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noun
1.
a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g. the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation.
"the symbol r in Figure 5 represents a gene which is ineffective"
Similar:
sign
character
mark
letter
hieroglyph
ideogram
2.
a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.
"the limousine was another symbol of his wealth and authority"
You are confusing the symbol for the object. Get it?
