auto-iconn.

Brit.

/ˌɔːtəʊˈʌɪkɒn/, U.S.

/ˌɔdoʊˈaɪkɑn/,

/ˌɑdoʊˈaɪkɑn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: auto- comb. form¹, icon n.

Etymology: < auto- comb. form¹ + icon n.

A dead body which is preserved, clothed, and displayed as though still living, as a memorial to the deceased.Chiefly used with reference to Jeremy Bentham, whose own auto-icon has been housed at University College London since 1850.

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1820 J. Bentham in Bentham MSS (Univ. Coll. London) CXLIX. 204 Not among the less curious results of the Auto-Icon institution would be [etc.].

1929 R. W. Chambers in H. Hale Bellot Univ. Coll. London xiii. 426 Sometimes,..there may be seen, seated in the library.., the auto-icon (as he would have styled it) of Jeremy Bentham himself.

1970 Man, Myth, & Magic xiv. (rear cover) Only Soviet Russia, with their preserved leaders Lenin and Stalin, took to the idea of auto-icons. Despite Bentham's enthusiasm, English gentlemen still prefer family portrait galleries.

1996 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 11 Aug. (Festival Suppl.) 10 [Her] distraught husband dug up her corpse, clothed and even fed her before turning her into a strange object of worship, an auto-icon.

2003 Hist. Relig. 42 213 All that remains now of the auto-icon is Bentham's skeleton, padded with straw, seated beside his favorite writing table, and dressed to the nines.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	auto-icon
释义	auto-iconn. Brit. /ˌɔːtəʊˈʌɪkɒn/, U.S. /ˌɔdoʊˈaɪkɑn/, /ˌɑdoʊˈaɪkɑn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: auto- comb. form¹, icon n. Etymology: < auto- comb. form¹ + icon n. A dead body which is preserved, clothed, and displayed as though still living, as a memorial to the deceased.Chiefly used with reference to Jeremy Bentham, whose own auto-icon has been housed at University College London since 1850. ΚΠ 1820 J. Bentham in Bentham MSS (Univ. Coll. London) CXLIX. 204 Not among the less curious results of the Auto-Icon institution would be [etc.]. 1929 R. W. Chambers in H. Hale Bellot Univ. Coll. London xiii. 426 Sometimes,..there may be seen, seated in the library.., the auto-icon (as he would have styled it) of Jeremy Bentham himself. 1970 Man, Myth, & Magic xiv. (rear cover) Only Soviet Russia, with their preserved leaders Lenin and Stalin, took to the idea of auto-icons. Despite Bentham's enthusiasm, English gentlemen still prefer family portrait galleries. 1996 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 11 Aug. (Festival Suppl.) 10 [Her] distraught husband dug up her corpse, clothed and even fed her before turning her into a strange object of worship, an auto-icon. 2003 Hist. Relig. 42 213 All that remains now of the auto-icon is Bentham's skeleton, padded with straw, seated beside his favorite writing table, and dressed to the nines. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1820
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