iconoclasticadj.
/ʌɪkɒnəʊˈklastɪk/ Of or pertaining to iconoclasts or iconoclasm.
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society > faith > worship > sacrilege > iconoclasm > [adjective]
image-breaking1630
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iconoclast1685
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adjective] > vandalizing or iconoclastic
iconoclastic1640
Vandalic1667
iconoclast1685
Vandal1700
vandalizing1805
Hun-like1830
vandalish1834
idoloclastic1851
vandalistic1854
biblioclastic1887
1640 R. Baillie Ladensium Αὐτοκατάκρισις iv. 54 Iconoclasticke and iconomachian hereticks.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 15 In testimony of their Iconoclastick principle.
1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. ix. 596 The Iconoclastic Emperors found statues..to war upon.
1867 S. Smiles Huguenots Eng. & Ireland iii. 59 In their iconoclastic rage they hewed and broke the images..of the cathedrals.
Derivatives
iconoˈclastically adv. after the fashion of iconoclasts.
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1865 Morning Star 29 Apr. Iconoclastically to demolish all it had previously revered.
iconoˈclasticism n. the principles or practice of iconoclasts; iconoclasm.
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1885 L. Oliphant Haifa (1887) 301 Modern iconoclasticism and love of truth have..proved too strong for..unfounded tradition.
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