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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024i•con•o•clast /aɪˈkɑnəˌklæst/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person who attacks accepted beliefs and considers them to be based on error or superstition;
dissenter:an iconoclast who will have nothing to do with organized religion.
i•con•o•clas•tic, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024i•con•o•clast (ī kon′ə klast′),USA pronunciation n. - a breaker or destroyer of images, esp. those set up for religious veneration.
- a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition.
- Medieval Greek eikonoklástēs, equivalent. to Greek eikono- icono- + -klastēs breaker, equivalent. to klas- (variant stem of klân to break) + -tēs agent noun, nominal suffix
- Medieval Latin īconoclastēs
- 1590–1600
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged nonconformist, rebel, dissenter, radical.
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