the actions or beliefs of an iconoclast
Origin of iconoclasm
from icono- + Classical Greek klasma, a breaking from klaein: see iconoclasticonoclasm
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iconoclasm
noun
The beliefs, practices, or doctrine of an iconoclast.
Origin of iconoclasm
Back-formation from iconoclastTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural iconoclasms)
- The belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually with religious or political motives.
Origin
From iconoclast.
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