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YK-on/ˈaɪkɒn/

An icon is a small picture on a screen, or a famous person or emblem: a lock icon; a cultural icon. Symbol is wider; logo is a brand mark. The portal used a lock icon beside malpractice warnings. Mix-up: iconoclast (already elsewhere) attacks icons. Do not call every celebrity an icon.

Meaning

A small picture on a screen; also a famous person or symbol that represents something.

Examples

• “The board used a lock icon beside every malpractice warning on the portal.”
• “She became an icon of the suffrage movement, which is the people sense.”

Good to know

a lock / save icon; a cultural / fashion icon. Computing and profiles. Wider: symbol. Brand: logo. Countable.

Near in meaning

symbol

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