phallic symbol


nounPsychoanalysis.
  1. 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.

Origin of phallic symbol

1
First recorded in 1905–10

Words Nearby phallic symbol

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How to use phallic symbol in a sentence

  • The beneficent influence of this particular phallic symbol has been well brought out in several classical stories.

    Religion and Lust | James Weir

Cultural definitions for phallic symbol

phallic symbol

[ (fal-ik) ]


A symbol (see also symbol) of the penis.

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