Definition of Iconoclast
Iconoclast
i·con·o·clast
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
A person who attacks or rejects established beliefs or institutions.
e.g. The artist was seen as an iconoclast for her provocative paintings.
(noun)
a person who destroys images of religious figures because they believe that people are worshiping an image instead of the religious entity itself, which is a form of blasphemy;
e.g. The iconoclast was shunned from his heavily religious family after he destroyed the statues in their prayer room.
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