iconoclasmn.
/ʌɪˈkɒnəklaz(ə)m/, U.S. /aɪˈkɑnəˌklæzəm/ The breaking or destroying of images; esp. the destruction of images and pictures set up as objects of veneration (see iconoclast n. 1); transferred and figurative the attacking or overthrow of venerated institutions and cherished beliefs, regarded as fallacious or superstitious.
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society > faith > worship > sacrilege > iconoclasm > [noun]
iconomachy1583
image-breaking1674
iconoclasm1797
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > vandalism or iconoclasm
spulyiationa1688
book burninga1722
spoliation1752
iconoclasm1797
vandalism1798
biblioclasm1864
skoob1963
trashing1970
vandalizing1979
1797 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 24 512 That vulgar iconoclasm which has estranged until this day the fine arts from every Protestant community.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xii. 73 The stormy eloquence of Pole, the iconoclasm of Latimer, the superstitions of the complaining clergy.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §4. 497 In Edward's time iconoclasm had dashed the stained glass from its windows.
1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 163 The iconoclasm of the Jew made such places detestable to him.
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