a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions.
a person who destroys images used in religious worship, especially one belonging to a movement opposing such images in the Byzantine Church during the 8th and 9th centuries.
Derivative
iconoclasmn.
iconoclasticadj.
iconoclasticallyadv.
Etymology
C17: via med. L. from eccles. Gk eikonoklastēs, from eikōn ‘likeness’ + klan ‘to break’.
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