ICONOCLASM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The orientation of an iconoclast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("iconoclasm" is a kind of...):

heresy; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy (any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position)

Derivation:

iconoclastic (destructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited)

iconoclastic (characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions)

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