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iconoclast definition

icono·clast (ī kän′ə klast′)

noun

  1. one opposed to the religious use of images or advocating the destruction of such images
  2. one who attacks and seeks to destroy widely accepted ideas, beliefs, etc.

Etymology: ML iconoclastes < MGr eikonoklastēs < LGr eikōn (see icon) + klaein, to break: for IE base see calamity

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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