iconoclasm

[ ahy-kon-uh-klaz-uhm ]

/ aɪˈkɒn əˌklæz əm /

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noun

the action or spirit of iconoclasts.

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Origin of iconoclasm

1790–1800; iconocl(ast) + -asm on model of such pairs as enthusiast: enthusiasm

Words nearby iconoclasm

icon, iconic, iconic memory, Iconium, icono-, iconoclasm, iconoclast, iconoclastic, iconographic, iconography, iconolatry

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How to use iconoclasm in a sentence

Such iconoclasm inevitably runs it course, and by the early 1980s the partners at Hipgnosis were ready for a change.
The Golden Age of Rock Album Covers|Ted Gioia|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His iconoclasm extends to frank depictions of sex and sulfurous critiques of Arab governments.
Elias Khoury: Profile of the Essential Arab Novelist Today|Jacob Silverman|August 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
For all their iconoclasm, Stewart and his sidekick-in-sanity, Stephen Colbert, calculate to honor mainstream liberal pieties.
Sanity Is Overrated|Tunku Varadarajan|October 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST
They were informed that the idol which their ruthless iconoclasm had helped to break must be repaired.
Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian?|John B. Remsburg

He avoided iconoclasm, left all matters of theology to the specialists, and accepted the Church as a necessary part of society.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12|Elbert Hubbard
They have as little connection with our religion as iconoclasm had with yours Like you, I love the freedom of our home.
The Burgomaster's Wife, Complete|Georg Ebers
Iconoclasm had now become a struggle between the emperors and the monks.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2)|John William Draper
This iconoclasm had its time, and, one supposes, its office.
Modern Society|Julia Ward Howe

British Dictionary definitions for iconoclasm

iconoclasm

/ (aɪˈkɒnəˌklæzəm) /

noun

the acts or beliefs of an iconoclast

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