iconicity

American  

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

noun

1. 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

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

Sound symbolic words similarly capture sound intensities but it gets trickier to maintain iconicity when denoting directions or brightness.

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