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iconoclastic

adj

Etymology

From iconoclast + -ic.

  1. derived from εἰκονοκλάστης
  2. borrowed from īconoclastēs
  3. borrowed from iconoclaste
  4. suffixed as iconoclastic — “iconoclast + ic”

Definitions

  1. Characterized by attack on established and accepted beliefs, customs, or institutions

    Characterized by attack on established and accepted beliefs, customs, or institutions; of or pertaining to iconoclasm.

    • Many of Thomas Hardy's works were considered iconoclastic in his day.
    • I pose the iconoclastic suggestion that even at this late stage in B.R. dieselisation, rigid standardisation might be a shibboleth.
    • Harnessing its cultural cachet is not without problems, because some of these artists—true to their iconoclastic nature—resist being boxed in, dictated to or otherwise controlled.

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