iconoclast
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noun \-ˌklast\Definition of ICONOCLAST
1
: a person who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration
2
: a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions
— icon·o·clas·tic \(ˌ)ī-ˌkä-nə-ˈklas-tik\ adjective
— icon·o·clas·ti·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
See Examples of ICONOCLAST
- <notorious as an iconoclast, that music critic isn't afraid to go after sacred cows>
Origin of ICONOCLAST
Medieval Latin iconoclastes, from Middle Greek eikonoklastēs, literally, image destroyer, from Greek eikono- + klan to break — more at clast
First Known Use: 1641
Related to ICONOCLAST
- Synonyms
- bohemian, boho, counterculturist, deviant, enfant terrible, free spirit, heretic, nonconformist, individualist, loner, lone ranger, lone wolf, maverick, nonconformer
- Antonyms
- conformer, conformist
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