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- Dictionaryiconoclast/ʌɪˈkɒnəklast/
noun
- 1. a person who attacks or criticizes cherished beliefs or institutions.
- 2. a destroyer of images used in religious worship.
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ICONOCLAST definition: 1. a person who strongly opposes generally accepted beliefs and traditions: 2. a person who…. Learn more.
Sep 28, 2010 · For the Meaning of Iconoclast, Break It Down a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions; a person who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration… See the full definition
People who engage in or support iconoclasm are called iconoclasts, a term that has come to be figuratively applied to any individual who challenges "cherished beliefs or venerated institutions on the grounds that they are erroneous or pernicious." [1]
Stemming from the Greek words eikon, meaning "image," and klastes, meaning "breaker," an iconoclast was someone who destroyed religious sculptures and paintings. Definitions of iconoclast. noun. someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions. see more.
ICONOCLAST meaning: 1. a person who strongly opposes generally accepted beliefs and traditions: 2. a person who…. Learn more.
noun. 1. a person who attacks established or traditional concepts, principles, laws, etc. 2. a. a destroyer of religious images or sacred objects. b. an adherent of the heretical movement within the Greek Orthodox Church from 725 to 842 ad, which aimed at the destruction of icons and religious images. Collins English Dictionary.
noun. a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition. Synonyms: radical, dissenter, rebel, nonconformist. a breaker or destroyer of images, especially those set up for religious veneration. iconoclast. / aɪˈkɒnəˌklæst /.
