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iconotropy

iconotropy noun: the accidental or deliberate misinterpretation by one culture of the icons or myths of an earlier one, especially so as to bring them into accord with those of the later one.

Noun

iconotropy (uncountable)

  1. the accidental or deliberate misinterpretation by one culture of the icons or myths of an earlier one, especially so as to bring them into accord with those of the later one

Origin of iconotropy

From icon + -o- + -tropy.

Questions about iconotropy

What does iconotropy mean?
Iconotropy means the accidental or deliberate misinterpretation by one culture of the icons or myths of an earlier one, especially so as to bring them into accord with those of the later one.
What part of speech is iconotropy?
Iconotropy is a noun.

Words near iconotropy in the dictionary

  1. iconotextuality
  2. iconotextually
  3. iconotheca
  4. iconothecas
  5. iconotropic
  6. iconotropy
  7. iconotype
  8. iconotypes
  9. icons
  10. iconstasis
  11. ICOP

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