totemic
/təʊˈtɛmɪk/
totemic adjective: serving as, or relating to, a totem.
Adjective
totemic (not comparable)
- Serving as, or relating to, a totem.
- 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[.]2019 January 23, Alex Needham, “Jonas Mekas, titan of underground filmmaking, dies aged 96”, in The Guardian
- Hunt also refused to rule out cuts to totemic Conservative pledges, including defence spending and the pensions triple lock.2022 October 17, Jessica Elgot, Larry Elliott, Aubrey Allegretti, “Jeremy Hunt shreds Truss’s economic plans in astounding U-turn on tax”, in The Guardian
Examples of totemic in a sentence
- Gone is the idea of a totemic strand of DNA that extends six feet when uncoiled and stretched out in a straight line.2023 May 10, Elie Dolgin, “Scientists Unveil a More Diverse Human Genome”, in The New York Times:
- The fate of Nissan’s factory in north-east England was a totemic issue in the run-up to the 23 June 2016 referendum.2026 June 20, “Boats, bankers and borders: five symbols that sum up Brexit a decade on”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Origin of totemic
From totem + -ic.
Words formed from totemic
Words that rhyme with totemic
- academic
- epidemic
- chemic
- demic
- endemic
- polemic
- infodemic
- pandemic
- philodemic
- philopolemic
- plandemic
- postpandemic
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- systemic
- alchemic
- allelochemic
- anthemic
- anti-epidemic
- antiacademic
- antiepidemic
- chemick
- chernozemic
- chronosystemic
- diasystemic
- ecoepidemic
- electrochemic
- endemoepidemic
- eudemic
- geochemic
- haremic
- holoendemic
- hyperendemic
- hyperepidemic
- hypoendemic
- interacademic
- interepidemic
- interpandemic
- intraepidemic
- intrapandemic
- mesoendemic
- microendemic
- microepidemic
- monosystemic
- multisystemic
- myxedemic
- near-endemic
- non-academic
- nonacademic
- nonendemic
- nonepidemic
- nonpandemic
- nonsystemic
- palaeoendemic
- paleoendemic
- panepidemic
- photochemic
- pingdemic
- polemick
- polydemic
- polysystemic
- portasystemic
Questions about totemic
- What does totemic mean?
- Totemic means serving as, or relating to, a totem.
- How do you use totemic in a sentence?
- Gone is the idea of a totemic strand of DNA that extends six feet when uncoiled and stretched out in a straight line.
- What part of speech is totemic?
- Totemic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce totemic?
- Totemic is pronounced /təʊˈtɛmɪk/.
Words near totemic in the dictionary
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