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iconicity

American

[ahy-kuhn-is-i-tee] / ˌaɪ kənˈɪs ɪ ti /

noun

the fact or quality of being iconic; the fact or quality of being eminently representative of a time, place, culture, value, etc., or of being revered or celebrated.

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iconicity

The human voice, she says, might “afford enough iconicity to get language off the ground.”

From Scientific American ● Sep. 6, 2021

All are winners of the Pritzker prize, the most prestigious of their profession, the widely recognised imprimatur of the iconicity of an architect.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2018

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

I’d rather believe that there’s some magic in a low-key shake done to the waltz-time specified by Nick Charles—as in The Nick & Nora, which coasts ahead of the worthy All-American by sheer iconicity.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2013

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