Etymology

iconotropy

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Today it means: the accidental or deliberate misinterpretation by one culture of the icons or myths of an earlier one, especially so as to bring them into accord with those of the later one Full definition →

English icon ← Latin īcōn
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  1. Latinīcōn
  2. Englishicon
  3. English todayiconotropy

From icon + -o- + -tropy.

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