I'con-ism, n.

n. [Gr. εἰκονισμός, from εἰκονίζειν, to mold, delineate, from εἰκών, an image; Fr. iconisme. See supra.] The formation of a figure, representation, or semblance.

The fancy will employ itself . . . in making some kind of apish imitations, counterfeit iconisms, symbolical adumbrations and resemblances. Cudworth.