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

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

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

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