Cultural icon

American cultural icons: apple pie, baseball, and the American flag

A cultural icon can be a symbol, logo, picture, name, face, person, building, or other image. It is easily recognized and generally represents an object or idea with great cultural significance to a wide cultural group. It has a special status as representing, or important to, or loved by, a particular group of people, a place, or a period in history.

In the media, many well-known examples of popular culture have been called "iconic". Some writers say that the word is overused.[1][2][3]

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  3. Heard about the famous icon? We have - far too often Archived 2012-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, The Independent (London), January 27, 2007

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