Definition of "totemic" [to•tem•ic]

• Serving as a totem. (adjective)

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• "In the form, then, in which it is known, the Iroquois organization cannot be called totemic -- whether it was originally such must be left undetermined."
• "The Shard of Glass is just the kind of totemic confidence booster the country needs."
• "The "totemic" prohibition in this instance really seems to have a hygienic origin."