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ICONOCLASTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does iconoclastic mean?
• ICONOCLASTIC (adjective)
The adjective ICONOCLASTIC has 2 senses:
1. characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions
2. destructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited
Familiarity information: ICONOCLASTIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions
Similar:
unorthodox (breaking with convention or tradition)
Derivation:
iconoclasm (the orientation of an iconoclast)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Destructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited
Similar:
destructive (causing destruction or much damage)
Derivation:
iconoclasm (the orientation of an iconoclast)
Context examples
"I think I am nearer the truth," she replied, "when I stand by the established, than you are, raging around like an iconoclastic South Sea Islander."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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