[ ʌɪ'kɒnəklast ]
■ noun
1》 a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions.
2》 a person who destroys images used in religious worship, especially one belonging to a movement opposing such images in the Byzantine Church during the 8th and 9th centuries.
Derivatives
iconoclasm noun
~ic adjective
~ically adverb
Origin
C17: via med. L. from eccles. Gk eikonoklastēs , from eikōn 'likeness' + klan 'to break'.