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iconic
OXFORD DICTIONARY
iconic, adj.
1 of or having the nature of an image or portrait.
2 (of a statue) following a conventional type.
3 Linguistics that is an icon.
1 of or having the nature of an image or portrait.
2 (of a statue) following a conventional type.
3 Linguistics that is an icon.
Derivative
iconicity n. (esp. in sense 3).
Etymology
L iconicus f. Gk eikonikos (as ICON)
ROGET THESAURUS
iconic
Representation
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