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Recent Examples of iconoclasm
Trump, this time, has chosen an outsider who shares his instinct for iconoclasm.
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Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 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
While Catholics invested in a rich visual tradition that represented God as an old man, the prophet Mohammed resolutely carried iconoclasm forward, focusing exclusively on the word.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Jewish iconoclasm is supported by another facet of Hebraic history: God is said to have spoken directly to the Jews in their own language.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 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
While Catholics invested in a rich visual tradition that represented God as an old man, the prophet Mohammed resolutely carried iconoclasm forward, focusing exclusively on the word.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Jewish iconoclasm is supported by another facet of Hebraic history: God is said to have spoken directly to the Jews in their own language.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for iconoclasm
Noun
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For example, just as a bell ringing slightly out of tune might indicate a crack or imperfection, deviations in gravitational wave frequencies can point to asymmetries in the black hole's shape.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The case marks the first time Newsom has taken a lead role in any of the now 15 lawsuits that California has filed against the current Trump administration, signaling a deviation from his more reserved approach to the president during Trump’s second term.—
George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This shift undermines the association of cannabis with criminality or deviance.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2025
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But this doesn’t erase their gender deviance, merely complicates it.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
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Throughout its engagement with the OIC, the special envoy has prioritized the protection of human rights, routinely championing the equal rights of religious minorities and opposing laws that criminalize blasphemy and apostasy.—
Arsalan Suleman,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Aug. 2017
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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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This meant that working within an executive structure which was not always aligned allowed schisms to grow and cliques to foster.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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There’s practically nothing that his Catholic foes, still smarting at the Church of England’s rejection of papal authority, won’t believe about the man who helped engineer the schism so that Henry (Damian Lewis) could divorce his first wife as part of his ongoing quest to beget a male heir.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2025
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Successfully navigating such a challenge requires insight, tact and a willingness to examine not just your own behavior but also the underlying reasons behind the discord.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Henry's point that discord can be a path toward – rather than an obstacle to – love.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Iconoclasm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iconoclasm. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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