iconicity
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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On this episode we explore the iconicity of the rubber duck, how it came to be, and why we find them so irresistable.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2020
It’s the visuality, the iconicity of Auschwitz that constitutes it.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2018
I think it’s by overuse of the same iconicity.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2018
In domains such as big/small, sound symbolic words translate aspects of size to physical aspects of the vocal tract, a linguistic feature termed iconicity.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2015
It’s a lovely image, framed in long-shot, playing off Pattinson’s iconicity and his intense desire to be alone.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2014
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