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| {{For|other uses of the term|Icon (disambiguation)}} | {{For|other uses of the term|Icon (disambiguation)}} | ||
| {{refimprove|date=May 2015}} | {{refimprove|date=May 2015}} | ||
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| {{synthesis|date=February 2015}} | |||
| ] ]s]] | ] ]s]] | ||
| ], iconic of the government of the ]]] | ], iconic of the government of the ]]] | ||
| ] graphic is not an icon but a ], because its meaning is purely ]al, and it represents no specific object.{{cn|date=February 2015}}]] | |||
| A '''secular icon''' is an image or pictograph of a person or thing used for other than religious purpose. (See ] for such use.) | A '''secular icon''' is an image or pictograph of a person or thing used for other than religious purpose. (See ] for such use.) | ||
| ==Icons versus symbols== | |||
| *An ''icon'' is a graphic device that represents some object or action, the graphic device being ascribed.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Maybe icons should represent the action instead of the medium / device?|url = http://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/50048/maybe-icons-should-represent-the-action-instead-of-the-medium-device|website = graphicdesign.stackexchange.com|accessdate = 2015-04-13}}</ref> | |||
| *A ''symbol'' has only the meanings ascribed to itself, representing only a concept and not recognizable as a particular object.{{cn|date=February 2015}} | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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A secular icon is an image or pictograph of a person or thing used for other than religious purpose. (See icon for such use.)
See also
- Cultural icon
- Semeiotic, the analysis of icons and symbols.
- Symbol