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A cultural icon can be a symbol, logo, picture, name, face, person, building or other image that is readily recognized and generally represents an object or concept with great cultural significance to a wide cultural group. A representation of an object or person, or that object or person may come to be regarded as having a special status as particularly representative of, or important to, or loved by, a particular group of people, a place, or a period in history.
In the media, many well-known manifestations of popular culture have been described as "iconic". Some writers say that the word is overused.
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-Wikipedia (Best source that neatly summarized it.
Cultural Icon
So then, that means that these items/people/moments are truly iconic:
The Eiffel Tower
Pyramids of Giza
Marilyn Monroe
Elvis Presley
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Thriller
Madonna's cone bra
And many more, because they follow this definition:
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A representation of an object or person, or that object or person may come to be regarded as having a special status as particularly representative of, or important to, or loved by, a particular group of people, a place, or a period in history. Cultural icons may be national, regional or related to a city. And they can be symbols for a nation, or can evoke particular values held by that state.
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Which means famous doesn't equal iconic.
So uh, why is this word so over used?
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