aniconicadj.

Brit.

/ˌanʌɪˈkɒnɪk/, U.S.

/ˌæˌnaɪˈkɑnɪk/

Forms: see an- prefix² and iconic adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: an- prefix², iconic adj.

Etymology: < an- prefix² + iconic adj., probably after German anikonisch (1853 or earlier).

1. Designating worship which does not involve or permit visual representation or certain types of visual representation (for example, depictions of gods, humans, or living things); involving or characterized by such worship. Originally with reference to the ancient Greeks.

ΚΠ

1883 Proc. Royal Inst. Great Brit. 13 Apr. 277 There was an aniconic period of Greek religion in which gods were worshipped, not in actual images, but in objects and localities of nature.

1896 L. R. Farnell Cults Greek States I. 14 The poems of Homer supply us with sufficient evidence that the worship of his age was still aniconic.

1956 I. A. Richmond in R. L. S. Bruce-Mitford Rec. Archæol. Excav. in Brit. 67 As often in religions which have sprung from Asia, there are iconic and aniconic traditions.

2005 Church Times 6 May 20/1 Surely all Jews are aniconic, and understand the Second Commandment to proscribe figurative imagery?

2. Of a sacred object or image: not shaped to resemble a human or animal; that is not a depiction or visual representation of something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > of idol > not shaped into human form

aniconic1889

1889 Archaeol. Rev. 2 181 The boundary-line between fetish (i.e., the aniconic object) and idol is hard to fix precisely, and a slight cut in the surface of the stone or a stroke of colour converts the former into the latter.

1893 Anthenæum 1 July 38/2 A..pillar which may have been the actual anikonic image of the goddess.

1912 L. R. Farnell Higher Aspects Greek Relig. i. 4 Certain aniconic sacred things that we may call fetishes—the hewn stock or pillar, the meteorite, the axe.

1996 Q. Jrnl. Royal Astron. Soc. 37 843 Dushara.., the Nabataean god, who was revered in the form of a quadrangular, aniconic black stone.

1997 W. Dalrymple From Holy Mountain (1998) iv. 234 The sixty other mosaics are all, without exception, aniconic and non-figurative.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	aniconic
释义	aniconicadj. Brit. /ˌanʌɪˈkɒnɪk/, U.S. /ˌæˌnaɪˈkɑnɪk/ Forms: see an- prefix² and iconic adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: an- prefix², iconic adj. Etymology: < an- prefix² + iconic adj., probably after German anikonisch (1853 or earlier). 1. Designating worship which does not involve or permit visual representation or certain types of visual representation (for example, depictions of gods, humans, or living things); involving or characterized by such worship. Originally with reference to the ancient Greeks. ΚΠ 1883 Proc. Royal Inst. Great Brit. 13 Apr. 277 There was an aniconic period of Greek religion in which gods were worshipped, not in actual images, but in objects and localities of nature. 1896 L. R. Farnell Cults Greek States I. 14 The poems of Homer supply us with sufficient evidence that the worship of his age was still aniconic. 1956 I. A. Richmond in R. L. S. Bruce-Mitford Rec. Archæol. Excav. in Brit. 67 As often in religions which have sprung from Asia, there are iconic and aniconic traditions. 2005 Church Times 6 May 20/1 Surely all Jews are aniconic, and understand the Second Commandment to proscribe figurative imagery? 2. Of a sacred object or image: not shaped to resemble a human or animal; that is not a depiction or visual representation of something. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > of idol > not shaped into human form aniconic1889 1889 Archaeol. Rev. 2 181 The boundary-line between fetish (i.e., the aniconic object) and idol is hard to fix precisely, and a slight cut in the surface of the stone or a stroke of colour converts the former into the latter. 1893 Anthenæum 1 July 38/2 A..pillar which may have been the actual anikonic image of the goddess. 1912 L. R. Farnell Higher Aspects Greek Relig. i. 4 Certain aniconic sacred things that we may call fetishes—the hewn stock or pillar, the meteorite, the axe. 1996 Q. Jrnl. Royal Astron. Soc. 37 843 Dushara.., the Nabataean god, who was revered in the form of a quadrangular, aniconic black stone. 1997 W. Dalrymple From Holy Mountain (1998) iv. 234 The sixty other mosaics are all, without exception, aniconic and non-figurative. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < adj.1883
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