Iconoclast

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  • noun. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions.
  • noun. One who destroys sacred religious images.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A breaker or destroyer of images; a person conspicuously hostile to the use of images in Christian worship.
  • noun. One of those Protestants of the Netherlands who, during the reign of Philip II., riotously destroyed the images in many of the Roman Catholic churches.
  • noun. Hence Any destroyer, denouncer, or exposer of errors or impostures; one who systematically attacks cherished beliefs.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship.
  • noun. One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the Orthodox Church in the 8th and 9th centuries, or a Puritan during the European Reformation.
  • noun. One who opposes orthodoxy and religion; one who adheres to the doctrine of iconoclasm.
  • noun. One who attacks cherished beliefs.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a destroyer of images used in religious worship
  • noun. someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions
    • Word Usage
    "The 54-year-old iconoclast is everything his longtime readers would expect — articulate, witty, obstinate and enigmatic."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    iconodule  
    cross-reference
    antichrist  contrarian  dissenter  radical  rebel  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    aggressor  assailant  assaulter  attacker  destroyer  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Vandal  iconology  intermeddler  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    annihilator  antichristian  arsonist  biblioclast  bomber  
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