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Iconoclast

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Noun

1. iconoclast, image breaker

a destroyer of images used in religious worship

2. iconoclast

someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Iconoclast

see synonyms of iconoclast
noun
1. 
a person who attacks established or traditional concepts, principles, laws, etc
2. 
a. 
a destroyer of religious images or sacred objects
b. 
an adherent of the heretical movement within the Greek Orthodox Church from 725 to 842 ad, which aimed at the destruction of icons and religious images

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Iconoclast

see synonyms of iconoclast
noun
1. 
one opposed to the religious use of images or advocating the destruction of such images
2. 
one who attacks and seeks to destroy widely accepted ideas, beliefs, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Iconoclast

see synonyms of iconoclast
n.
1. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions.
2. One who destroys sacred religious images.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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