iconoclast
nounEtymology
Borrowed from French iconoclaste and its etymon Medieval Latin īconoclastēs, from Byzantine Greek εἰκονοκλάστης (eikonoklástēs, literally “image breaker”). By surface analysis, icono- + -clast.
- derived from εἰκονοκλάστης
- borrowed from īconoclastēs
- borrowed from iconoclaste
Definitions
One who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the Orthodox Church…
One who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the Orthodox Church in the 8th and 9th centuries, or a Puritan during the European Reformation.
- In the days of the early Christian church, people who opposed the veneration (reverence) of images were called iconoclasts.
One who opposes orthodoxy and religion
One who opposes orthodoxy and religion; one who adheres to the doctrine of iconoclasm.
One who attacks cherished beliefs
One who attacks cherished beliefs; a maverick.
- Relishing the role of iconoclast, he confounded the scientific establishment by dismissing the consensus about the perils of man-made climate change as “tribal group-thinking.”
The neighborhood
- neighborclast
- neighborclastic
- neighboricon
- neighboriconoclasm
- neighboriconoclastic
- neighborantidogmatism
- neighborcontrarian
- neighbordissenter
- neighborfreethinker
- neighborheresiarch
- neighborheretic
- neighbornonconformist
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA