< icono- + Gr klasma, a breaking < klaein: see iconoclast
iconoclasm in American English
(aiˈkɑnəˌklæzəm)
noun
the action or spirit of iconoclasts
Word origin
[1790–1800; iconocl(ast) + -asm on model of such pairs as enthusiast: enthusiasm]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backhanded, cutout, ideology, methodology, standby
Examples of 'iconoclasm' in a sentence
iconoclasm
A more direct iconoclasm is addressed in a piece on art vandalism.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
The iconoclasm of the young can be wearing.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Iconoclasm has become the most direct and widespread expression of historical revision.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Best of all was his act of iconoclasm on the rubbish old turkey.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But innovation often requires that dash of iconoclasm.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
This was stony ground for the seeds of modernist experiment and iconoclasm.
The Times Literary Supplement (2017)
Through its acts of destruction, iconoclasm can reveal the deeper power of art.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Is it because our preoccupations with class, tradition and iconoclasm make such ripe pickings?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They lived through a time of iconoclasm and new political ideas.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Throughout, a potentially dry scholarly exercise is enlivened by a collective commitment to iconoclasm.