Definitions for iconoclasm

iconoclasm i·con·o·clasm

Spelling: [ahy-kon-uh-klaz-uh m]
IPA: /aɪˈkɒn əˌklæz əm/

Iconoclasm is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 575 anagrams from letters in iconoclasm (accilmnoos).

Definitions for iconoclasm

noun

  1. the action or spirit of iconoclasts.

Origin of iconoclasm

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

Examples for iconoclasm

His iconoclasm increased as if inspired by the length of the minister's harangue.

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

For all her courage and iconoclasm, she was deeply feminine in outlook and behavior.

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

The causes for, as well as the agents of, this iconoclasm, differ widely.

The way of the truth-teller is not made easier by charges of iconoclasm.

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

In fact, the propensity to iconoclasm was not part of his constitution.

But the reason may not be connected with the iconoclasm of "Ann Veronica."

He could despise her iconoclasm and still utilize its intelligence to aid him in his climb.

Word Value for iconoclasm
Scrable

16

Words with friends

21

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