(of images of deities, symbols, etc) not portrayed in a human or animal form
Word origin
C19: from an- + iconic
aniconic in American English
(ˌænaiˈkɑnɪk)
adjective
1.
not employing or permitting images, idols, etc
an aniconic religion
2.
not forming an image
3.
of or pertaining to aniconism
Word origin
[1890–95; an-1 + iconic]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blanket roll, cholesterol, historicism, masochism, wirelessan- is a prefix occurring before stems beginning with a vowel or h in loanwords from Greek, where it means “not,” “without,” “lacking” (anarchy; anecdote); used in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix an- include: anapsid, anarchy, anelasticity, anopheles, anoxia