totemic
adjective
to·tem·ic
tō-ˈte-mik 
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That policy would have raised the retirement age from 62 to 64, and its removal was a totemic demand from the left.
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Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
While Essential keeps the almost totemic $9.99-per-month pricing of Core, Premium jumps to $14.99 from Standard’s $11.99 (a 25 percent increase), and the PC-only offering goes from $11.99 to $16.49 (a 38 percent increase).
—Matt Kamen, Wired News, 12 Oct. 2025
In certain ideological precincts, Mamdani’s name has become totemic—shorthand for everything wrong with New York, which itself is shorthand for everything wrong with America.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
But the undoing of the totemic reform of Macron’s mandates would be highly symbolic.
—Charlotte Reed, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
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Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
While Essential keeps the almost totemic $9.99-per-month pricing of Core, Premium jumps to $14.99 from Standard’s $11.99 (a 25 percent increase), and the PC-only offering goes from $11.99 to $16.49 (a 38 percent increase).
—Matt Kamen, Wired News, 12 Oct. 2025
In certain ideological precincts, Mamdani’s name has become totemic—shorthand for everything wrong with New York, which itself is shorthand for everything wrong with America.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
But the undoing of the totemic reform of Macron’s mandates would be highly symbolic.
—Charlotte Reed, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Totemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/totemic. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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