phallic symbol

noun Psychoanalysis.

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.

Origin of phallic symbol

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby phallic symbol

phalarope, phalera, phallectomy, phallic, phallic phase, phallic symbol, phallicism, phallitis, phallo-, phallocampsis, phallocentric

Cultural definitions for phallic symbol

phallic symbol
[ (fal-ik) ]

A symbol (see also symbol) of the penis.