adjective

• 1Relating to or of the nature of an icon.

  ‘language is not in general an iconic sign system’

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  • ‘You must be aware that you are an iconic figure in American letters.’
  • ‘In this sense he's an heir apparent to iconic figures like Dylan or Johnny Cash.’
  • ‘Old friends came from many parts of the country to pay their respects and remember one of the iconic figures of the showband era.’
  • ‘After all, from The Godfather to The Sopranos the gangster has become the iconic figure in American popular culture.’
  • ‘Monroe creates an iconic figure as Sugar and Tony Curtis's impersonation of Cary Grant is a total delight.’
  • ‘Chapman's life has been threatened many times for killing one of pop music's most iconic figures.’
  • ‘The credit titles are a work of art, emphasising the iconic nature of this black hero.’
  • ‘The intimacy of signifier and signified in the iconic sign negates the distance which defines phonetic language.’
  • ‘Indeed, some of them commemorate iconic figures from a club's history.’
  • ‘Paradoxically, though, it is difficult to envisage a fully iconic sign.’
  • ‘To many fans of Canadian music, the name Michael Burgess evokes an appreciation bordering the iconic.’
  • ‘Architects' drawings of a huge, iconic building, featuring a turf roof planted with herbs, are due to be released today.’
  • ‘Contrary to what is often believed, Britain possessed many such iconic constitutional and legal documents in the past.’
  • ‘The elusive unique selling point would also provide the city with an iconic image that would be used to brand Southampton for visitors.’
  • ‘And the famous shopfront cover design has disappointingly been replaced with something less iconic.’
  • ‘The show's stars have similarly been elevated to iconic status.’
  • ‘Many of the photographs published by Life have become iconic in American history.’
  • ‘Martin Luther King Jr. and Che Guevara had achieved the iconic status of martyrs by this date.’
  • ‘Where is the iconic building of the 20th century in the Lake District?’

  1. 1.1(of a classical Greek statue) depicting a victorious athlete in a conventional style.
     ‘Though only the victor who had won three times was allowed an iconic statue.’
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     • ‘According to Pliny, these received 'iconic' statues in which 'the likeness was fashioned from the limbs of the athletes themselves'.’