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iconoclasm

[ ahy-kon-uh-klaz-uh m ]

/ aɪˈkɒn əˌklæz əm /

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noun

the action or spirit of iconoclasts.

Origin of iconoclasm

1790–1800; iconocl(ast) + -asm on model of such pairs as enthusiast: enthusiasm

Words nearby iconoclasm

icon, iconic, iconic memory, iconium, icono-, iconoclasm, iconoclast, iconoclastic, iconographic, iconography, iconolatry

Example sentences from the Web for iconoclasm

For 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

iconoclasm

/ (aɪˈkɒnəˌklæzəm) /

noun

the acts or beliefs of an iconoclast