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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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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.
An iconoclast is a person who strongly opposes generally accepted beliefs and traditions. Learn more about the meaning, pronunciation, and usage of this word with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
Iconoclasm (from Greek: εἰκών, eikṓn, 'figure, icon' + κλάω, kláō, 'to break') is the social belief in the importance of the destruction of icons and other images or monuments, most frequently for religious or political reasons.
a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition. a breaker or destroyer of images, especially those set up for religious veneration.
ICONOCLAST meaning: 1. a person who strongly opposes generally accepted beliefs and traditions: 2. a person who…. Learn more.
To be called an iconoclast today is usually kind of cool — they're rugged individualists, bold thinkers who don't give a hoot what tradition calls for. But back in medieval Greece, the iconoclasts had a more thuggish reputation.
An iconoclast is someone who often criticizes or destroys beliefs and things that are generally accepted by society. Learn more about the word origin, synonyms, and examples of iconoclast in different contexts.
