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phallic symbol
noun
, Psychoanalysis.
- any object, as a cigar or skyscraper, that may broadly resemble or represent the penis, especially such an object that symbolizes power, as an automobile.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of phallic symbol1
First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences
There are also shown animal representations before the sacred tree or grove, a phallic symbol.
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If one were to think of the three horses as of a phallic symbol the significance of this dream at once becomes apparent.
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Signs of phallicism among the ancient Hebrews can be clearly pointed out; the serpent was a phallic symbol.
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The famous Black Stone of Mecca, to which religious honours are paid, is also said by authorities to be a phallic symbol.
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The beneficent influence of this particular phallic symbol has been well brought out in several classical stories.
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