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iconoclasm Definition

icono·clasm (ī känə klaz′əm)

noun

the actions or beliefs of an iconoclast

Etymology: < icono- + Gr klasma, a breaking < klaein: see iconoclast

iconoclasm Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • oppose: He also opposed Iconoclasm and checked the advancing Lombards.
  • have: We still have fundamentalist iconoclasm; for example, the Taliban.

Adjective modifier

  • fundamentalist: We still have fundamentalist iconoclasm; for example, the Taliban.
  • modern: For Virilio, a pitiless synergy inflames modern violence and modern iconoclasm.

Preposition: in

  • motion: Iconoclasm in motion 20 December 2001 Linda Grant says anti-semitism is on the rise.

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