iconoclastnoun [ C ]
uk/aɪˈkɒn.ə.klæst/us/aɪˈkɑː.nə.klæst/formala person who strongly opposes generally accepted beliefs and traditions:
Rogers, an iconoclast in architecture, is sometimes described as putting the insides of buildings on the outside.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- nagging
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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