Iconoclast Definition
ī-kŏnə-klăst
iconoclasts
noun
iconoclasts
One opposed to the religious use of images or advocating the destruction of such images.
Webster's New World
One who attacks and seeks to destroy widely accepted ideas, beliefs, etc.
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iconoclastsOrigin of Iconoclast
French iconoclaste from Medieval Greek eikonoklastēs smasher of religious images eikono- icono- Greek -klastēs breaker (from klān klas- to break)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French iconoclaste, from Byzantine Greek εἰκονοκλάστης (“eikonoklástēs”, literally “image breaker”).
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