sex symbol

noun

1. a celebrity who is held to possess abundant sex appeal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sex symbol¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Your career has parallels to Brando’s in the sense that you have been a sex symbol and still are to some, I expect.

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She described her co-star, who was recently nominated for an Oscar for Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unkown, as "a thinking man's sex symbol".

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“He’s such a thinking man’s sex symbol,” she said.

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In “The Last Showgirl,” Anderson’s first solo lead in a movie since 1996’s “Barb Wire,” she plays Shelly, a veteran Las Vegas dancer accustomed to being a sex symbol.

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It saw her branded a sex symbol, and she has spoken about being typecast as a result.

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