indicia

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noun

Indications or signs.

“This document has none of the indicia of a contract of adhesion.”

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of indicium
  2. formalIndications or signs.

    This document has none of the indicia of a contract of adhesion.

    1 more example

    Anna looked at the soul of New York and recognized that if you distract people with shiny objects, with large wads of cash, with the indicia of wealth, if you show them the money, they will be virtually unable to see anything else.

    2018 May 28, Jessica Pressler, “Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It”, in New York Magazine
  3. Distinctive markings.

    Spiderman,^([sic]) The Thing, The Hulk, The Fantastic Four, the distinctive names and likenesses thereof, and all related indicia are trademarks of Marvel Characters, Inc.

    2003, Scott Bukatman, Matters of Gravity: Special Effects and Supermen in the 20th Century
nounindicia (plural indicias)

plural indicias

  1. hobbiesA preprinted marking on a mailpiece which shows that postage has been paid by the sender.

Origin

  1. Latinindicia
  2. Englishindicia

From Latin indicia, plural of indicium (“a notice, information, discovery, sign, mark, token”), from index (“index”); see index.

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APA

indicia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indicia

MLA

“indicia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indicia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indicia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indicia.

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