aniconist

noun

Etymology

From an- + icon + -ist.

Definitions

  1. A proponent of aniconism.

    • According to the aniconists, images idolize the world and blind the eyes from being able to look beyond the world and focus on the creator.
  2. Pertaining to aniconism.

    • Islam was as fanatically monotheist and aniconist as any Jew could desire, and the sensational successes of its devotees in the military — and soon also in the missionary — field gave Christendom something new to think about.
    • Needless to say, figural expression about, and emerging from, a Muslim cultural context do not necessarily address, negotiate, or react to, aniconist claims.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA