emblem
A representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo.
Other meanings
Something that represents a larger whole.
“The rampant poverty in the ethnic slums was just an emblem of the group's disenfranchisement by the society as a whole.”
Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
A kind of
- design
Kinds of emblem
- colors
- crest
- device
- flag
- heraldry
Related words
- emblemize
- emblemless
- emblematic
- emblematical
- emblematist
- emblem book
- national emblem
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ἔμβλημα" (an insertion).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “emblem” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.