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iconoclastic

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adjective

attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs and long-held traditions, etc., as being based on error, superstition, or lack of creativity: an iconoclastic architect whose buildings are like monumental sculptures.

breaking or destroying images, especially those set up for religious veneration.

Origin:
iconoclast + -ic

Related forms

i·con·o·clas·ti·cal·ly, adverb

non·i·con·o·clas·tic, adjective

non·i·con·o·clas·ti·cal·ly, adverb

un·i·con·o·clas·tic, adjective

un·i·con·o·clas·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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iconoclast (aɪˈkɒnəˌklæst)

—n
1.	a person who attacks established or traditional concepts, principles, laws, etc
2.	a. a destroyer of religious images or sacred objects
	b. an adherent of the heretical movement within the Greek Orthodox Church from 725 to 842 ad, which aimed at the destruction of icons and religious images

[C16: from Late Latin iconoclastes, from Late Greek eikonoklastes, from eikōn icon + klastēs breaker]

icono'clastic

—*adj*

icono'clastically

—*adv*

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"Hebrew culture is based on a single book, the Word of God. Greek culture, by contrast, is based on a thousand books, all of them by human authors. The god of the Hebrews sternly rejected graven idols. Consequently, the Hebrew tradition is iconoclastic—it scorns all attempts to materialize the divine. The Greek gods, conversely, admired the material world. Their admiration, as a matter of fact, often seems to be tinged with envy, as though they considered the material world better than the celestial. They wanted to be materialized. They approved of statues, and the statues they inspired were so beautiful that they eventually set standards for human beauty."

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