totemic

• Nevertheless there was that look that came into his eye—inhuman, totemic, his nafs looking out at things—the sight of which gave Bold a chill down the chakra nerve right to the first centre, behind his balls. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
• Elspeth was the eldest daughter of Joseph 'Uncle Joe' Doyle, who had been a near-totemic figure in Glasgow Labour circles throughout the Sixties and Seventies. —  Also by Christopher Brookmyre
• In the tiny side gallery, Powell's endearing, plainspoken sculptures stand and hang like totems to anti-totemic domesticity. "cups, caps, and funnels" is a series of, well, small ruddy objects that look like cups, caps, and funnels -- and also sexy parts of the human anatomy -- affixed to the wall at chest-height. —  Home
• Jazz aficionados recognize Thelonious Monk's "Round Midnight" as a totemic example of the genre, a song used as a standard by which to judge myriad others. —  PopMatters
• Not very fashionable: Full-length version of totemic figure —  Evening Standard - Home

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