totemic

See also: totèmic

English

Etymology

From totem +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təʊˈtɛmɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɛmɪk

Adjective

totemic (not comparable)

1. Serving as, or relating to, a totem.
   • 2019 January 23, Alex Needham, “Jonas Mekas, titan of underground filmmaking, dies aged 96”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The Lithuanian director escaped the Nazis and moved to New York, where he became a totemic figure for artists including Andy Warhol and John Lennon[.]

   • 2022 October 17, Jessica Elgot, Larry Elliott, Aubrey Allegretti, “Jeremy Hunt shreds Truss’s economic plans in astounding U-turn on tax”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     Hunt also refused to rule out cuts to totemic Conservative pledges, including defence spending and the pensions triple lock.

   • 2023 May 10, Elie Dolgin, “Scientists Unveil a More Diverse Human Genome”, in The New York Times‎^[3]:

     Gone is the idea of a totemic strand of DNA that extends six feet when uncoiled and stretched out in a straight line. Now, the rebooted reference resembles a corn maze, with alternative paths and side trails that allow scientists to explore a broader range of the genetic diversity found in people the world over.

Translations

serving as, or relating to, a totem

• Catalan: totèmic
• French: totémique (fr)
• Greek: τοτεμικός (el) (totemikós)
• Italian: totemico (it)
• Portuguese: totêmico, totémico
• Romanian: totemic (ro)
• Spanish: totémico (es)

See also

• emblematic

Anagrams

• metotic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French totémique. By surface analysis, totem +‎ -ic.

Adjective

totemic m or n (feminine singular totemică, masculine plural totemici, feminine and neuter plural totemice)

1. totemic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	totemic		totemică		totemici	totemice
	definite	totemicul		totemica		totemicii	totemicele
genitive- dative	indefinite	totemic		totemice		totemici	totemice
	definite	totemicului		totemicei		totemicilor	totemicelor