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icon

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noun

ˈī-ˌkän How to pronounce icon (audio)
variants or less commonly ikon
plural icons also ikons
1
: a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere
a civil rights icon
an actor and fashion icon
… Purple Rain, the flick that established Prince as a pop icon and cineaste. Robert Christgau and Carola Dibbell
That cultural icon, the Nintendo Game Boy, was released in 1989 … Eleanor Flegg
2
: emblem, symbol
Rosie the Riveter, a WWII [World War II] cultural icon with her blue jumpsuit and red bandana, represented the women who went to work at manufacturing hubs across the nation … David DeBolt
A single photograph, the photograph of Earth taken from space by William Anders, on Apollo 8, in 1968, served as an icon for the entire environmental movement. Jill Lepore
The nation's first President was transformed into an icon, a national symbol whose somewhat forbidding portrait would adorn the dollar bill. John J. O'Connor
3
a
: a graphic symbol on a computer display screen that represents an app, an object (such as a file), or a function (such as the command to save)
b
: a sign (such as a word or graphic symbol) whose form suggests its meaning
c
archaic : a usually pictorial representation : image
4
[Late Greek eikōn, from Greek] in Eastern Orthodox Christianity : a representation (as in a mural, a mosaic, or a painting on wood) of sacred events or especially of a sacred individual (such as Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saint) used as an object of veneration or a tool for instruction

icon-

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combining form

variants or icono-
: image
iconolatry

Synonyms

Noun

Example Sentences

Noun Click on the icon to open your e-mail program. He has become an icon in the movie business. a singer who has become a pop icon The Statue of Liberty has become an American cultural icon.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Lord Louis Mountbatten, an icon of British imperialism, was killed in 1979 by a Irish Republic Army bomb. Jennifer Duggan, Time, 15 Sep. 2022 Your content will minimize to an icon on the island. Joanna Stern, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022 One day after celebrating being named an icon by Harper's Bazaar magazine, the model and daughter of Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff walked the runway at Prabal Gurung's New York Fashion Week show UN Plaza on Saturday in a skin-baring look. Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2022 An icon would stand out clearly for its history and longevity in the lineup but style and consumer awareness also has clout. Marc Grasso, Hartford Courant, 10 Sep. 2022 Even with so much going on, all eyes were on the clothes (including Janet Jackson’s—an icon and personal favorite of mine). Remi Bader, ELLE, 8 Sep. 2022 The Golden Icon Award is awarded to personalities who have impacted on cinema through their achievements in acting, and have become an icon for an entire generation. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Sep. 2022 The character has become an icon through both Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel and the 1962 film adaptation, for which Gregory Peck won an Oscar. Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2022 But one of the week’s most scroll-stopping beauty moments came from an early-aughts icon. Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Latin, from Greek eikōn, from eikenai to resemble

Combining form

Greek eikon-, eikono-, from eikon-, eikōn

First Known Use

Noun

1572, in the meaning defined at sense 3c

Time Traveler
The first known use of icon was in 1572

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