Totemic

//təʊˈtɛmɪk// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Serving as, or relating to, a totem. not-comparable

    "The Lithuanian director escaped the Nazis and moved to New York, where he became a totemic figure for artists including Andy Warhol and John Lennon[.]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to totemism wordnet

Example

More examples

"Many Brexit supporters saw regaining control of the country’s sovereign waters as totemic."

Etymology

From totem + -ic.

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