aniconic
UK/anʌɪˈkɒnɪk/
aniconic adjective: of or pertaining to representations without human or animal form.
Adjective
aniconic (comparative more aniconic, superlative most aniconic)
- Of or pertaining to representations without human or animal form.
- aniconic worship
- While Father Kronos and the world he ruled, confident that the new anthropomorphism was destroyed, clung to the stone child, the aniconic pillar worship that expressed itself in the Bethels of the Semites and the Pillar Rooms at Knossos.1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 25
Forms of aniconic
| comparative | more aniconic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most aniconic |
Origin of aniconic
From an- + iconic.
Questions about aniconic
- What does aniconic mean?
- Aniconic means of or pertaining to representations without human or animal form.
- What part of speech is aniconic?
- Aniconic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce aniconic?
- Aniconic is pronounced /anʌɪˈkɒnɪk/ (UK).
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