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ICONOCLAST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

aggressor; assailant; assaulter; attacker (someone who attacks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A destroyer of images used in religious worship

Synonyms:

iconoclast; image breaker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

destroyer; ruiner; undoer; uprooter; waster (a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to)

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