An image, character, object, or action that stands for something beyond itself is called an association an abstract idea a symbol a philosophical system

a symbol.

A symbol is a mark, sign, word, image, character, object or action that stands for something else. Symbols allow people to create mental links between things that are otherwise unrelated. All forms of communication are achieved through symbols, as letters are symbols for sounds, and words are symbols for concepts.

true. the definition explains it: a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. this is a dictionary definition that i have looked up in a dictionary.