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[ ahy-kon-uh-klaz-uhm ] / aɪˈkɒn əˌklæz əm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR iconoclasm ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe action or spirit of iconoclasts. Origin of iconoclasm1790–1800; iconocl(ast) + -asm on model of such pairs as enthusiast: enthusiasm Words nearby iconoclasmicon, iconic, iconic memory, Iconium, icono-, iconoclasm, iconoclast, iconoclastic, iconographic, iconography, iconolatry Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for iconoclasmFor all their iconoclasm, Stewart and his sidekick-in-sanity, Stephen Colbert, calculate to honor mainstream liberal pieties. Sanity Is Overrated|Tunku Varadarajan|October 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST But the reason may not be connected with the iconoclasm of "Ann Veronica." Books and Persons|Arnold Bennett Possibly also stone tombs were destroyed and desecrated, partly in a spirit of iconoclasm, and partly from the spirit of plunder. The Story of an Ancient Parish|H. R. Coulthard The way of the truth-teller is not made easier by charges of iconoclasm. Safe Marriage|Ettie A. Rout
"The modern thinkers," as she called them, delighted her with their liberality, their iconoclasm. The Adventures of a Widow|Edgar Fawcett It can hardly have had the wasting fate that perhaps befell its Roman rival, and it is certain that Omar's iconoclasm is a myth. The Reign of the Manuscript|Perry Wayland Sinks
British Dictionary definitions for iconoclasm
nounthe acts or beliefs of an iconoclast Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to iconoclasmnihilism, blasphemy, fallacy, strangeness, violation, dissent, unruliness, disaffection, negation, denial, objection, insubordination, disapproval, originality, uniqueness, heresy, lawlessness, disobedience, veto, disagreement |