# Icon

A sign that means by resembling its object.

**Source:** “a mere community in some quality” [Peirce's Theory of Signs (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/peirce-semiotics/)

See also: [Index](/reference/glossary/index-sign), [Symbol](/reference/glossary/symbol), [Interpretant](/reference/glossary/interpretant), [Hidden navigation](/reference/glossary/hidden-navigation), [Combo navigation](/reference/glossary/combo-navigation).

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