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Definition of "iconoclast" []

  • One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions. (noun)
  • One who destroys sacred religious images. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "iconoclast" in a sentence
  • "The 54-year-old iconoclast is everything his longtime readers would expect — articulate, witty, obstinate and enigmatic."
  • "Every iconoclast is a rabble-rouser, a prophet handing torches to the mob and leading them to storm the temples, smash the graven images, and burn the throne-room to the ground."
  • "Every iconoclast is a rebel, a prophet who knows the illegitimacy of the god-king's reign and how that may one day bring it down."