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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.)
Icons versus symbols
- An icon is a graphic device that represents some object or action, the graphic device being ascribed.
- A symbol has only the meanings ascribed to itself, representing only a concept and not recognizable as a particular object.
See also
- Cultural icon
- Semeiotic, the analysis of icons and symbols.
- Symbol
References
- "Maybe icons should represent the action instead of the medium / device?". graphicdesign.stackexchange.com. Retrieved 2015-04-13.