单词 | iconoclast |
释义 | iconoclast —iconoclastic, adj. —iconoclastically, adv. /uy kon"euh klast'/, n. 1. a breaker or destroyer of images, esp. those set up for religious veneration. 2. a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition. [1590-1600; < ML iconoclastes < MGk eikonoklástes, equiv. to Gk eikono- ICONO- + -klastes breaker, equiv. to klas- (var. s. of klân to break) + -tes agent n. suffix] Syn. 2. nonconformist, rebel, dissenter, radical. |
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