Autoicon
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Something that serves as an icon representing itself.
"[…] as recently as the 1950s in Taiwan, flesh-body portraits were autoicons produced by a sustained process of self-starvation, while seated in a meditating position, relying on a diet including pine kernels and cinnabar to dehydrate the body […]"
Example
More examples"[…] as recently as the 1950s in Taiwan, flesh-body portraits were autoicons produced by a sustained process of self-starvation, while seated in a meditating position, relying on a diet including pine kernels and cinnabar to dehydrate the body […]"
Etymology
From auto- + icon.
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