— iconoclastic , adj. — iconoclastically , adv.
/uy kon"euh klast'/ , n.
1. a breaker or destroyer of images, esp. those set up for religious veneration.
2. a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition.
[ 1590-1600; iconoclastes eikonoklástes, equiv. to Gk eikono- ICONO- + -klastes breaker, equiv. to klas- (var. s. of klân to break) + -tes agent n. suffix ]
Syn. 2. nonconformist, rebel, dissenter, radical.