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totemic
adjective as in ancestral
Example Sentences
He didn’t have the totemic, darkly glamorous style of Robert Mapplethorpe but one more intimate, more dependent on human connection and contingency, even as he remained meticulous in his pursuit of the perfect shot.
The CST said: "Both of these cases illustrate how sentiment and rhetoric towards Israel and Zionism influence, shape and drive contemporary anti-Jewish discourse, online and offline, often around totemic events that grab mainstream public attention."
He said the trust cared for the "totemic symbol" on behalf of the nation and it "belonged to the people".
The Sycamore Gap wasn't a particularly ancient tree, nor a native species, but its position gave it a totemic status.
Furlong is a totemic Lion but he has not been at his devastating best on tour so far.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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