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Where does “iconoclast” come from?

Iconoclast comes from French iconoclaste, meaning a person who attacks established institutions or cherished beliefs.

iconoclast (English): One who destroys religious images or icons,...

Definitions

  1. One who destroys religious images or icons,...

Ancestry of “iconoclast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchiconoclasteiconoclastic; iconoclast
2Byzantine Greekεἰκονοκλάστης—

Words derived from “iconoclast”

  • iconoclastic
  • iconoclasm
  • iconoclastically
  • iconoclasticism
  • noniconoclastic
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