symptomatic
adj.adj. showing that a particular problem or illness exists. If something is symptomatic of a bigger issue, it is a sign that the issue is there.
adj. serving as a symptom or sign of something, especially something undesirable. Often used to link a specific observable phenomenon to a broader underlying condition or systemic problem.
The high fever is symptomatic of a serious infection.
The recent increase in staff turnover is symptomatic of deeper management issues within the company.
Sociologists argue that the rise in urban isolation is symptomatic of a broader breakdown in traditional community structures during the digital age.
Borrowed from French symptomatique, from New Latin symptomaticus, from Ancient Greek συμπτωματικός (sumptōmatikós, “of or pertaining to a chance (or a symptom), casual”), from σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a symptom”). By surface analysis, symptom + -atic.
Typically takes the preposition 'of' when identifying the underlying cause or condition.