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aniconic
[ an-ahy-kon-ik ]
adjective
- not employing or permitting images, idols, etc.:
an aniconic religion.
- not forming an image.
- of or relating to aniconism.
aniconic
/ ˌænaɪˈkɒnɪk /
adjective
- (of images of deities, symbols, etc) not portrayed in a human or animal form
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Word History and Origins
Origin of aniconic1
C19: from an- + iconic
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Example Sentences
This is not necessarily the case with the worshipper of aniconic or unshaped gods.
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Here then in the most marked manner the aniconic sacrament has ousted pictures and statues.
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The question arises: must the stage of aniconic gods historically precede and lead up to that of pictures and images?
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