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phallic symbol
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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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Origin of phallic symbol
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby phallic symbol
phalarope, phalera, phallic, phallicism, phallic phase, phallic symbol, phallocentric, phallocentrism, phalloidin, phalloplasty, phallotoxin
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