ICONOCLAST


Meaning of ICONOCLAST in English

/ aɪˈkɒnəklæst; NAmE -ˈkɑːnə-/ noun

( formal ) a person who criticizes popular beliefs or established customs and ideas

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent. (originally referring to someone who destroyed images used in religious worship): via medieval Latin from ecclesiastical Greek eikonoklastēs , from eikōn likeness + klan to break.

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