Totem
noun
A symbol or animal that is considered sacred or special to a certain group or tribe.
The eagle is considered a totem of power and freedom for many Native American tribes.
Often appears as...
- totem pole
- animal totem
noun
An object, such as a carving or statue, made to represent the symbol or animal that is special to a group or tribe.
The tribe carved a totem pole with various animals that were significant to their beliefs and traditions.
Often appears as...
- totem pole
- totemic symbol
noun
An individual or object that represents or symbolizes a specific quality or identity.
To many young fans, the rock star has become a totem of rebellion and individuality.
Often appears as...
- totem of power
- totem of freedom
noun
A symbol or animal that is considered sacred or special to a certain group or tribe.
The eagle is considered a totem of power and freedom for many Native American tribes.
Often appears as...
- totem pole
- animal totem
noun
An object, such as a carving or statue, made to represent the symbol or animal that is special to a group or tribe.
The tribe carved a totem pole with various animals that were significant to their beliefs and traditions.
Often appears as...
- totem pole
- totemic symbol
noun
An individual or object that represents or symbolizes a specific quality or identity.
To many young fans, the rock star has become a totem of rebellion and individuality.
Often appears as...
- totem of power
- totem of freedom
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
Totem often represents important cultural beliefs and is used with respect.
To the clan, the wolf totem embodied loyalty and family ties.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Animals
While animals are common, totems can also be other natural elements or objects.
In our group, the oak tree is a totem of strength and endurance.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
The specific totem is unique to a group and not used casually for others.
Our totem is the bear, not to be confused with the neighboring tribe's eagle totem.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
Totem often represents important cultural beliefs and is used with respect.
To the clan, the wolf totem embodied loyalty and family ties.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Animals
While animals are common, totems can also be other natural elements or objects.
In our group, the oak tree is a totem of strength and endurance.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
The specific totem is unique to a group and not used casually for others.
Our totem is the bear, not to be confused with the neighboring tribe's eagle totem.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
Totem often represents important cultural beliefs and is used with respect.
To the clan, the wolf totem embodied loyalty and family ties.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Animals
While animals are common, totems can also be other natural elements or objects.
In our group, the oak tree is a totem of strength and endurance.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
The specific totem is unique to a group and not used casually for others.
Our totem is the bear, not to be confused with the neighboring tribe's eagle totem.
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Confessions of a...
Well, I posit that it's something really, really simple that all of us deep down inside know and have actually felt. So when we get hired into an organization -- it could be a club, it could be a law firm, it could be a school organization, it could be anything -- no one ever jumps to the top of the totem pole, right?
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How do we heal medicine?...
Could we design a checklist for surgery? Not for the lowest people on the totem pole, but for the folks who were all the way around the chain, the entire team including the surgeons. And what they taught us was that designing a checklist to help people handle complexity
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Geographic Bee 2010 - NM...
know where the world's longest continuous Travis from its highest point it takes seven point eight seconds to fall to the ground and it has many interesting rock formations around it such as fish rock canon rock and totem pole rack
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A lesson on looking PIPE...
the investigation shifted from accidental death to homicide. Now, equally important to saying what isn't there is the ability to find visual connections where they may not be apparent. Like Marie Watt's totem pole of blankets.
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Compelling Models for...
environment the forest the wildlife has always says it's part of our you know our beliefs our totem but as I said again is this needful healing so not only incentives but benefits actually its provide decent benefits that you
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Heartbreaking Truth...
legends and totems especially about elephants the some Buddhists believe that elephants are closely related to human beings and one of the reasons is the elephant's eyelashes look like human beings the human life and most
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Mysteries of vernacular:...
distinguished by their animal the turkey, the turtle, and the wolf. Members of the tribe belonging to the wolf totem were often referred to by the indigenous word for the four-footed canine, p'tuksit.
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The Unconquered:...
perfectly round ceramic bowl in another place we came upon this tapir jaw left in the cleft of a tree a kind of totem perhaps we weren't sure but these are the signs that make up the lifeblood of
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Walking Alone in the...
And, one day they say, well, everybody's got a totem, some, the kangaroo, some, the emu, some are the snakes, and they give me a totem, and they said to me, "You are jabiru."
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Zoo Quest For A Dragon...
and then watched by the entire village from the gallery of the longhouse a whole troop of men came out to dance around a newly erected totem pole
Video examples
Confessions of a...
Well, I posit that it's something really, really simple that all of us deep down inside know and have actually felt. So when we get hired into an organization -- it could be a club, it could be a law firm, it could be a school organization, it could be anything -- no one ever jumps to the top of the totem pole, right?
Video examples
How do we heal medicine?...
Could we design a checklist for surgery? Not for the lowest people on the totem pole, but for the folks who were all the way around the chain, the entire team including the surgeons. And what they taught us was that designing a checklist to help people handle complexity
Video examples
Geographic Bee 2010 - NM...
know where the world's longest continuous Travis from its highest point it takes seven point eight seconds to fall to the ground and it has many interesting rock formations around it such as fish rock canon rock and totem pole rack
Video examples
A lesson on looking PIPE...
the investigation shifted from accidental death to homicide. Now, equally important to saying what isn't there is the ability to find visual connections where they may not be apparent. Like Marie Watt's totem pole of blankets.
Video examples
Compelling Models for...
environment the forest the wildlife has always says it's part of our you know our beliefs our totem but as I said again is this needful healing so not only incentives but benefits actually its provide decent benefits that you
Video examples
Heartbreaking Truth...
legends and totems especially about elephants the some Buddhists believe that elephants are closely related to human beings and one of the reasons is the elephant's eyelashes look like human beings the human life and most
Video examples
Mysteries of vernacular:...
distinguished by their animal the turkey, the turtle, and the wolf. Members of the tribe belonging to the wolf totem were often referred to by the indigenous word for the four-footed canine, p'tuksit.
Video examples
The Unconquered:...
perfectly round ceramic bowl in another place we came upon this tapir jaw left in the cleft of a tree a kind of totem perhaps we weren't sure but these are the signs that make up the lifeblood of
Video examples
Walking Alone in the...
And, one day they say, well, everybody's got a totem, some, the kangaroo, some, the emu, some are the snakes, and they give me a totem, and they said to me, "You are jabiru."
Video examples
Zoo Quest For A Dragon...
and then watched by the entire village from the gallery of the longhouse a whole troop of men came out to dance around a newly erected totem pole
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Rumaan Alam
American Author
Years ago, I worked at a fashion magazine. I was the lowest man on the totem pole, one of the only men on that particular pole: a little brother with a dozen older sisters whose grace and glamour I so admired.
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Gina Rodriguez
American Actress
I've learned a lot about what kind of actor I want or do not want to be while being on set. I sit back and observe how other actors treat the totem pole of set politics.
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Emily Carr
Canadian Artist
You must be absolutely honest and true in the depicting of a totem for meaning is attached to every line. You must be most particular about detail and proportion.
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Scott Rogowsky
American Comedian
When you get started in comedy, you're at the bottom of the totem pole. Not only are you not getting paid at these open mics. You're actually paying to do them.
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Denzel Washington
American Actor
I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood.
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Charisma Carpenter
American Actress
On 'Buffy' I wasn't all that high on the totem pole as far as responsibility and screen time.
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Beau Willimon
American Playwright
My jobs on campaigns were pretty low on the totem pole - I was an advance man.
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Hal Needham
American Director
I was a sharecropper's son. That's as low as you can get on the totem pole.
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Abigail Disney
American Director
I love everybody. I think my totem animal is a Labrador Retriever.
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David Lindsay-Abaire
American Playwright
With studio work, I'm always the bottom man on the totem pole.
Quote examples
Rumaan Alam
American Author
Years ago, I worked at a fashion magazine. I was the lowest man on the totem pole, one of the only men on that particular pole: a little brother with a dozen older sisters whose grace and glamour I so admired.
Quote examples
Gina Rodriguez
American Actress
I've learned a lot about what kind of actor I want or do not want to be while being on set. I sit back and observe how other actors treat the totem pole of set politics.
Quote examples
Emily Carr
Canadian Artist
You must be absolutely honest and true in the depicting of a totem for meaning is attached to every line. You must be most particular about detail and proportion.
Quote examples
Scott Rogowsky
American Comedian
When you get started in comedy, you're at the bottom of the totem pole. Not only are you not getting paid at these open mics. You're actually paying to do them.
Quote examples
Denzel Washington
American Actor
I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood.
Quote examples
Charisma Carpenter
American Actress
On 'Buffy' I wasn't all that high on the totem pole as far as responsibility and screen time.
Quote examples
Beau Willimon
American Playwright
My jobs on campaigns were pretty low on the totem pole - I was an advance man.
Quote examples
Hal Needham
American Director
I was a sharecropper's son. That's as low as you can get on the totem pole.
Quote examples
Abigail Disney
American Director
I love everybody. I think my totem animal is a Labrador Retriever.
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David Lindsay-Abaire
American Playwright
With studio work, I'm always the bottom man on the totem pole.
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