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   iconoclast

   /ʌɪˈkɒnəklast/

   noun

   • 1. a person who attacks or criticizes cherished beliefs or institutions.
   • 2. a destroyer of images used in religious worship.
   • ▪ a supporter of the 8th- and 9th-century movement in the Byzantine Church which sought to abolish the veneration of icons and other religious images. historical
   • ▪ a Puritan of the 16th or 17th century. historical

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in iconoclast (sense 2)): via medieval Latin from ecclesiastical Greek eikonoklastēs, from eikōn ‘likeness’ + klan ‘to break’.

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   Learn the origin, synonyms, and examples of iconoclast, a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions or destroys religious images. Find out how iconoclast is used in current and historical contexts.

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   An iconoclast is a person who strongly opposes generally accepted beliefs and traditions. Learn more about the meaning, usage and origin of this word, and see examples and translations in different languages.

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   Extent (in blue) of the Beeldenstorm through the Spanish Netherlands. The first iconoclastic wave happened in Wittenberg in the early 1520s under reformers Thomas Müntzer and Andreas Karlstadt, in the absence of Martin Luther, who then, concealed under the pen-name of 'Junker Jörg', intervened to calm things down.

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   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 /.

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   Learn the meaning of iconoclast, a person who criticizes or destroys beliefs and things that are generally accepted by society. See synonyms, examples, word frequency and origin of iconoclast.

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   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.