icon·o·clast

Pronunciation:

\-?klast\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Medieval Latin iconoclastes, from Middle Greek eikonoklastes, literally, image destroyer, from Greek eikono- + klan to break

1 : a person who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration
2 : a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions

— icon·o·clas·tic  \(?)i-?kä-n?-'klas-tik\ adjective

— icon·o·clas·ti·cal·ly  \-ti-k(?-)le\ adverb

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