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Recent Examples of iconoclasm
Their own failure to stand up to Senator Joseph McCarthy’s demagoguery hardly recommended their version of artistic iconoclasm and political neutrality.
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Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
There’s no question Linklater identifies with Godard and is, like any filmmaker of his caliber and contemporary, one continually inspired by the French director’s iconoclasm and stylistic derring-do.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
Now after her dramatic ouster and flight into exile in India, the family cult of personality has ceded to raucous iconoclasm.
—Simon Montlake, Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2025
Missing masterpieces For as long as humans have been making art, natural disasters, the ravages of time, theft and iconoclasm have threatened their creations’ survival.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
There’s no question Linklater identifies with Godard and is, like any filmmaker of his caliber and contemporary, one continually inspired by the French director’s iconoclasm and stylistic derring-do.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
Now after her dramatic ouster and flight into exile in India, the family cult of personality has ceded to raucous iconoclasm.
—Simon Montlake, Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2025
Missing masterpieces For as long as humans have been making art, natural disasters, the ravages of time, theft and iconoclasm have threatened their creations’ survival.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for iconoclasm
Noun
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Where spatial curvature is large, the deviations from straight-line paths are large, and the rate at which time passes can dilate significantly as well.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Mar. 2026
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In what amounted to something of a deviation from the standard CBS/TNTS presentation, no ad sales execs participated in the call.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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These slurs referenced a convenient other on which white, straight men could project their fantasies of deviance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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Yet during the axman’s reign in the early 1900s, a Black woman’s confession to murder was interpreted through the lens of religious deviance rather than diversity.—
Lauren Nicole Henley,
The Conversation,
17 Feb. 2026
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Santee Alley was born out of unconventionality with its makeshift stores designed to break retail rules.—
Lilliam Rivera,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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In my mind, their unconventionality was a manifestation of their fierce protectiveness of a beloved subculture.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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This Lent is magnifying his apostasy like never before.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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This triggers a slippery slope toward apostasy — that is, de-prioritizing mindedness toward church vetted preoccupations.—
Cory Anderson,
STAT,
6 Mar. 2026
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But the Nexstar-Tegna deal has also created a schism in conservative media, with Newsmax and One America News Network lobbying hard against the deal.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
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The schism surfaced in interviews the Union-Tribune did with nearly 30 veterans representing the Navy, Marines, Army and Air Force, men and women whose ages ranged from the early 30s to early 80s.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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But their top officials do not always agree, and some say the discord has hurt how well the agencies can serve patients and led the call center to repeatedly misjudge the severity of some calls.—
Jenny Gathright,
Washington Post,
19 Mar. 2026
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Officials say a goal of the attacks is to undermine support for Ukraine, spread fear and discord in European societies and drain investigative resources.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Iconoclasm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iconoclasm. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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