phallic symbol

noun

, Psychoanalysis.

1. any object, as a cigar or skyscraper, that may broadly resemble or represent the penis, especially such an object that symbolizes power, as an automobile.

phallic symbol

1. A symbol (see also symbol ) of the penis .

Word History and Origins

Origin of phallic symbol¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Lee wasn’t involved in Dave’s first season, and at first, he says he was skeptical of the show based on its billboards, in which Burd appeared as a phallic symbol.

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There are also shown animal representations before the sacred tree or grove, a phallic symbol.

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If one were to think of the three horses as of a phallic symbol the significance of this dream at once becomes apparent.

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Signs of phallicism among the ancient Hebrews can be clearly pointed out; the serpent was a phallic symbol.

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The famous Black Stone of Mecca, to which religious honours are paid, is also said by authorities to be a phallic symbol.

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The beneficent influence of this particular phallic symbol has been well brought out in several classical stories.

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