iconolatry
/ˌʌɪkəˈnɒlətri
/noun [mass noun] chiefly derogatory
The worship of icons.The essays in this collection identify and discuss several important points along these borders, paying particular attention to the issues of iconolatry, iconoclasm, obscenity, and the staging of judicial authority....
- The author is quite serious when he calls Eastern veneration of icons ‘iconolatry.’
- For Fairey, the intent of art is to deconstruct this iconolatry.
Origin
Early 17th century: from ecclesiastical Greek eikonolatreia, from eikōn 'likeness' + -latria 'worship'.
Rhymes
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