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totemic
adjective as in ancestral
Example Sentences
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.
High-rise New York apartments have acquired totemic significance for the superrich.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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