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iconoclastic, a.|aɪkɒnəʊˈklæstɪk| [f. prec. + -ic.] Of or pertaining to iconoclasts or iconoclasm.
1640R. Baillie Canterb. Self-Convict. 53 Iconoclasticke and iconomachian hereticks. 1703Maundrell Journ. Jerus. (1721) 15 In testimony of their Iconoclastick principle. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. xiv. ix. (1864) IX. 309 The Iconoclastic Emperors found statues..to war upon. 1867Smiles Huguenots Eng. iii. (1880) 50 In their iconoclastic rage they hewed and broke the images..of the cathedrals. Hence iconoˈclastically adv., after the fashion of iconoclasts. iconoˈclasticism, the principles or practice of iconoclasts; iconoclasm.
1865Morn. Star 29 Apr., Iconoclastically to demolish all it had previously revered. 1885L. Oliphant Haifa (1887) 301 Modern iconoclasticism and love of truth have..proved too strong for..unfounded tradition. |