totemic 的定义
- of, being, or relating to a natural object or animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group:Crocodiles are regarded as totemic animals in some parts of Africa, connected with a group's origin, ancestors, and place.
- of, being, or relating to anything regarded as a distinctive or venerated emblem by a group or individual:I explained that the great horse trilogy, My Friend Flicka, was one of the most vivid and totemic elements of my childhood.This has been a totemic issue for their party over the years, literally a signature policy during the last election.
totemic 近义词
等同于 patrimonial
等同于 ancestral
更多totemic例句
- It’s a great album, charming and assured, and a near-totemic achievement for the 18-year-old woman who co-produced it and at least co-wrote all of its tracks.
- Trebek’s performance hasn’t changed to combat the untruths of the last few years, in part because it already was a kind of totem to the value of fact.
- In an economy driven by consumer spending, Black Friday assumed totemic importance.
- Diversity is largely accepted and encouraged, but lacks the totemic significance assigned to it by boomer activists.
- In an election year, these statistics assume even more totemic importance.
- Maybe it's the sheer volume of scandals on the landscape today, robbing any one of its totemic power to shock and dismay voters.
- Offscreen, he is the Nascar set's totemic badass, the God-fearing patriot who walks the walk.
- The utmost severity attached to the observation of totemic law and custom, to break which was regarded as a serious crime.
- Fetishism of the Zui description is, indeed, the natural concomitant of a totemic system.
- Some, covered with obscene totemic figures and designs, were carved from solid tree trunks forty or fifty feet in length.
- As will appear later, this is a characteristic feature of the transition from primitive to totemic culture.
- Nevertheless, the imitation of animals in the dance already foreshadows the totemic period.