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ICONOCLASM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does iconoclasm mean?
• ICONOCLASM (noun)
The noun ICONOCLASM has 1 sense:
1. the orientation of an iconoclast
Familiarity information: ICONOCLASM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The orientation of an iconoclast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("iconoclasm" is a kind of...):
heresy; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy (any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position)
Derivation:
iconoclastic (destructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited)
iconoclastic (characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions)
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