iconicityn.
/ʌɪkəˈnɪsɪti/ The quality or fact of being iconic (in various senses).
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1946 C. Morris Signs, Lang. & Behavior 191 Spoken language contains some sounds which are clearly iconic (‘onomatopoeic’); the extent of its iconicity is a difficult matter to determine.
1971 Language 47 425 In some cases, there is iconicity between language and a non-human communication system.
1972 Sci. Amer. Sept. 91/2 The only element of genuine representation (also called iconicity) in such a case is the actual shape of the geographical features, although even these are normalized according to given rules of transformation to allow a part of the globe to be shown on a flat map.
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n.1946- passenger elevator
- passenger engine
- passenger falcon
- passenger fare
- passenger guard
- passenger jetty
- passenger lift
- passenger line
- passenger liner
- passenger list
- passenger locomotive
- passenger lounge
- passenger manifest
- passenger mileage
- passenger pier
- passenger pigeon
- passenger plane
- passenger railway
- passenger receipts
- passenger seat
- passenger service
- passenger ship
- passenger side
- passenger station
- passenger steamer