Definitions for iconoclast

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iconoclast i·con·o·clast

Spelling: [ahy-kon-uh-klast]

IPA: /aɪˈkɒn əˌklæst/

Iconoclast is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 640 anagrams from letters in iconoclast (accilnoost).

Definitions for iconoclast

noun

1. a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition.
2. a breaker or destroyer of images, especially those set up for religious veneration.

Origin of iconoclast

1590-1600; Medieval Latin īconoclastēs Medieval Greek eikonoklástēs, equivalent to Greek eikono- icono- + -klastēs breaker, equivalent to klas- (variant stem of klân

Examples for iconoclast

There is no iconoclast in the world like an extreme Mohammedan.

Oliver Cromwell wasn't as moral as Anabel is—nor such an iconoclast.

I would like to say that I have no fear of the odium of the designation of iconoclast.

I was ordered to answer it; and opposed the iconoclast to his Icon.

There was nothing of the revolutionary or the iconoclast about him.

I am an iconoclast and have broken my god and cannot put together the pieces.

This gentle remonstrance only made the iconoclast more furious.

Her husband had been iconoclast, and he scourged those who would not receive his edict.

The iconoclast that is in the heart of this poet is rampant.

Concerned and kind, he was also the ultimate risk taker, an iconoclast with an edgy, hard charging quality about him.