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iconics

noun

Etymology

From icon + -ics. Compare Ancient Greek εἰκονικός (eikonikós, “relating to images”).

  1. derived from εἰκών
  2. borrowed from īcōn
  3. formed as iconics — “icon + -ics”

Definitions

  1. The study of images and symbols as a form of communication.

    • “Their aesthetic, if you haven't noticed, is about benign skin cancers, supernumerary nipples. Conventional tattoos belong firmly among the iconics of the hegemon. […]”

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for iconics. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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