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iconoclast
[ ahy-kon-uh-klast ]
noun
- a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition.
Synonyms: , , ,
- a breaker or destroyer of images, especially those set up for religious veneration.
iconoclast
/ ɪˈɒəˌæ /
noun
- a person who attacks established or traditional concepts, principles, laws, etc
- a destroyer of religious images or sacred objects
- 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
Derived Forms
- ˌDzԴˈپ, adverb
- ˌDzԴˈپ, adjective
Other yvlogs From
- ·Dzo·t adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of iconoclast1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of iconoclast1
Example Sentences
Williams wants to impress upon folks that he is an iconoclast, and it comes off as smarmy.
Early in the 20th century, French iconoclast Marcel Duchamp described a new “scientific spirit” for avant-garde art, noting the methodical painterly investigations of predecessors Georges Seurat and Paul Cézanne.
Greenfield called Jackson an “iconoclast,” and this contrarian spirit is integral to an artist who is dubious of sacred cows.
There was something hopeful about the iconoclast in O.J., for he dared to defy the limits placed on his Black self.
Yet even on a day — officially “Jaromir Jagr Day” in Pittsburgh — there were still hints of the iconoclast whose passion for the game he’s helped redefine outweighs everything else.
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