iconoclastic

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for iconoclastic
Adjective
  • Eduard Limonov then—an appropriate nom de plume for a dissident poet arriving in 1974 New York, a metropolis of graffiti and project fires, of blackouts and serial killers.
    Ed Simon June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
  • Jafar Panahi — the Iranian dissident filmmaker who has been arrested, jailed, and banned from filmmaking numerous times in his home country due to his powerful and provocative work — took home the top prize.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 26 May 2025
Adjective
  • Use generative prompts during ideation to spark unconventional ideas that can act as creative springboards.
    Anusha Nerella, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • Palmeiras have a very attractive style of football, and Porto did some impressive, and in places unconventional, defending.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 15 June 2025
Adjective
  • In the dissenting view, the star collapses to the edge of the event horizon and then hovers there, or rebounds and explodes.
    Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2015
  • The document runs to more than a hundred and fifty pages, and for each question there are affirmative and dissenting studies, as well as some that indicate mixed results.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 3 June 2022
Adjective
  • For now, there’s nothing quite so out-there, although deer blood is the star ingredient in the final dessert, a chocolate-ish (but cocoa-free) fondant served with hazelnut praline and malt ice cream.
    Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • An out-there premise, for sure, but one that has so far worked out better than anyone had a right to expect.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • People are angry’: Fear and chaos grip San Diego’s 47,000-strong federal workforce Rady Shell summer season will include Smokey Robinson, Beck, Cynthia Erivo and the Beach Boys Historic or heretical?
    Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
  • In some communities, newer faiths, especially those that view traditional practices as heretical have weakened ties to sacred forests.
    Ogar Monday, Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2025
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“Iconoclastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iconoclastic. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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