iconoclasm

[ ahy-kon-uh-klaz-uhm ]

noun

1. the action or spirit of iconoclasts.

Word History and Origins

Origin of iconoclasm¹

1790–1800; iconocl(ast) + -asm on model of such pairs as enthusiast: enthusiasm

Example Sentences

Such iconoclasm inevitably runs it course, and by the early 1980s the partners at Hipgnosis were ready for a change.

From The Daily Beast

His iconoclasm extends to frank depictions of sex and sulfurous critiques of Arab governments.

From The Daily Beast

For all their iconoclasm, Stewart and his sidekick-in-sanity, Stephen Colbert, calculate to honor mainstream liberal pieties.

From The Daily Beast

They were informed that the idol which their ruthless iconoclasm had helped to break must be repaired.

From Project Gutenberg

He avoided iconoclasm, left all matters of theology to the specialists, and accepted the Church as a necessary part of society.

From Project Gutenberg

They have as little connection with our religion as iconoclasm had with yours Like you, I love the freedom of our home.

From Project Gutenberg

Iconoclasm had now become a struggle between the emperors and the monks.

From Project Gutenberg

This iconoclasm had its time, and, one supposes, its office.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• blasphemy
• fallacy