| word | iconic |
|---|---|
| definition | (1) Symbolic. (2) Relating to a greatly admired and successful person or thing. |
| eg_sentence | The 1963 March on Washington was the iconic event in the history of the civil-rights movement, now familiar to all American schoolchildren. |
| explanation | The original meaning of iconic was essentially “resembling an icon,” but today it more often seems to mean “so admired that it could be the subject of an icon.” And with that meaning, iconic has become part of the language of advertising and publicity; today companies and magazines and TV hosts are constantly encouraging us to think of some consumer item or pop star or show as first-rate or immortal or flawless—absolutely “iconic”—when he or she or it is actually nothing of the kind |
| IPA | ˌaɪˈkɑnɪk |
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