"true symbol" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when describing something that is an accurate representation of something else. For example: "The bald eagle is a true symbol of America's freedom."
"They are Satan's minions and the TRUE symbol of evil".
This staff is the only true symbol of medicine.
"A true symbol of our time!" offers another.
"It was a full set in French, a true symbol of ever closer union among our peoples," an EU diplomat said.
Some might argue that Nadiya, who wears a headscarf, and had an arranged marriage and three children under four by the time she was 25, is the true symbol of regressive misogyny here.
America's young wealthy may currently be seen at the Core Club in New York: membership is by invitation only, with a joining fee of $55,000 plus annual dues of $12,000.But perhaps the true symbol of exalted status in the era of mass luxury is conspicuous non-consumption.
"These winners are true symbols of the long struggle the Iranian people face every day," she said in a statement.
Like candles and flowers, they were entering the important degradation phase where all true symbols of grief meet their end.
Though Bangkok's usual icons are tuk-tuks and traffic, its waterways are the true symbols of a city that was known as the "Venice of the East" during much of the 19th Century. .
Throughout his Collected Works Jung distinguishes between signs of known content and true symbols that point beyond themselves into mystery.
Signs vary in the way they relate to their referents and are classified as icons, indices or true symbols.
