iconoclasm

Noun

Meaning

The doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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There is iconoclasm in the excessively intellectual, and they delight in destroying their dearest moral or sentimental idols, the better to prove their strength. Paul Bourget

That his action has not been in vain, we can measure by how little Shaw's iconoclasm stirs our blood; we no longer remember what he destroyed that was blocking our view. Jacques Barzun

It's a mark of any icon that it should be open to iconoclasm. Charles Jencks

In 1566, the wave of iconoclasm known as the Beeldenstorm was a prelude to religious war between Catholics and Protestants, especially the Anabaptists. Source: Internet

Iconoclasm Leo's most striking legislative reforms dealt with religious matters, especially iconoclasm ("Icon-breaking," therefore an iconoclast is an "Icon-breaker"). Source: Internet

Gene Youngblood of LA Free Express also praised the album, calling it "melancholy iconoclasm and tasteful romanticism." Source: Internet

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