Iconoclast

What do we mean by iconoclast?

One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions. noun

One who destroys sacred religious images. noun

A breaker or destroyer of images; a person conspicuously hostile to the use of images in Christian worship. noun

One of those Protestants of the Netherlands who, during the reign of Philip II., riotously destroyed the images in many of the Roman Catholic churches. noun

Hence Any destroyer, denouncer, or exposer of errors or impostures; one who systematically attacks cherished beliefs. noun

A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship. noun

One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical. noun

One who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the Orthodox Church in the 8th and 9th centuries, or a Puritan during the European Reformation. noun

One who opposes orthodoxy and religion; one who adheres to the doctrine of iconoclasm. noun

One who attacks cherished beliefs. noun

A destroyer of images used in religious worship noun

Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions noun

One who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the Orthodox Church in the 8th and 9th centuries, or a Puritan during the European Reformation.

One who opposes orthodoxy and religion; one who adheres to the doctrine of iconoclasm.

(by extension) One who attacks cherished beliefs.

Words that are spelled similarly to iconoclast:
iconoclast, iconoclasm, iconoplast, idoloclast, iconoclasts, iconclasm.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word iconoclast:
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Words that rhyme with iconoclast:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe iconoclast:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective iconoclast:
controversy, emperors, period, movement, persecution, heresy, dispute, emperor, bishops, council, policy, crisis, party, struggle, shams, patriarch, persecutions, policies, princes, position, scale, troubles, fury, rulers, synod, era, zeal, argument, disputes, times, quarrel, controversies, theology, heretics, decrees, views, edicts, epoch, age, conflict, handling, decree, propensities, centuries, predecessors, laws, opinions, doctrine, edict, dynasty, debate, army, plant, revolution, office, soldiers, damage, bishop, arguments, effort, onslaught, troops, john, hero, ruler, husband.

Words that sound like iconoclast:
iconoclast, iconoclasts, iconoclastic, iconoclasm, iconically, economist, psychoanalyst, skinniest, sonically, sonicate.