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Recent Examples of iconoclasm
Punk bands are no exception, which is a small irony, given the oppositional iconoclasm of so much of punk, and the movement’s anti-authoritarian roots.
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Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic, 3 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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Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic, 3 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
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But these past two games have been a stark deviation from that clean brand of football.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Screwing the MasterFrame 600’s graphics card brace to the lower edge of its open side was our only deviation from ordinary build practice.—
Thomas Soderstrom,
PC Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
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One real danger here is the normalization of deviance — when small ethical compromises become routine, paving the way for larger issues down the line.—
Rhett Power,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Factor 2: Antisocial behavior (e.g., deviance from an early age, aggression, impulsivity, irresponsibility, proneness to boredom).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 June 2025
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Embrace your unconventionality and inner genius, because your perspective is light-years ahead.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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The diehard climate activists have an orthodoxy from which even the slightest deviation is apostasy.—
Robert G. Eccles,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Whether his parents realize the extent of his apostasy isn’t clear.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2025
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In her autobiography, Mabel Dodge laid the blame for her schism with Stein firmly on one person.—
Via Scribner,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Chiles case shines a spotlight on a growing schism in the LGBT base between gender-critical gays and their transgender counterparts.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Oct. 2025
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Disboard lists many public discord servers and many young coders use the site, contributing a different demographic of coders.—
Stephen Cass,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 Sep. 2025
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But warning signs of discord between networks and affiliates had been flashing for years.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Iconoclasm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iconoclasm. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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