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iconoclasm|aɪˈkɒnəklæz(ə)m|
[f. Gr. εἰκών icon + κλάσµα breaking, f. κλᾶν to break: after next.]
The breaking or destroying of images; esp. the destruction of images and pictures set up as objects of veneration (see iconoclast 1); transf. and fig. the attacking or overthrow of venerated institutions and cherished beliefs, regarded as fallacious or superstitious.
1797W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XXIV. 512 That vulgar iconoclasm which has estranged until this day the fine arts from every Protestant community. 1858Froude Hist. Eng. xii. III. 73 The stormy eloquence of Pole, the iconoclasm of Latimer, the superstitions of the complaining clergy. 1874Green Short Hist. viii. §4. 497 In Edward's time iconoclasm had dashed the stained glass from its windows. 1882Farrar Early Chr. II. 163 The iconoclasm of the Jew made such places detestable to him. |