Definition of iconoclasm Iconoclasm
/ajˌkɑˈnʌklæˌzʌm/ - [aykanuklatzum] - i•con•o•clasm
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What does iconoclasm mean?
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NounPlural: iconoclasms |
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| iconoclasm - the orientation of an iconoclast | ||
| heresy, heterodoxy, unorthodoxy a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion | ||
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Wiktionary 
- iconoclasm (Noun)
The belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually with religious or political motives.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- iconoclasm (n.)
The doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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iconoclasm
The deliberate destruction within a culture of the culture's own religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually for religious or political motives.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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iconoclasm
ī-kon′o-klazm, n. act of breaking images.—n. Icon′oclast, a breaker of images, one opposed to idol-worship, esp. those at the commencement in the Eastern Church, who from the 8th century downwards opposed the use of sacred images, or at least the paying of religious honour to such: any hot antagonist of the beliefs of others.—adj. Iconoclast′ic, pertaining to iconoclasm. [Gr. eikōn, an image, klastēs, a breaker—klan, to break.]
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Iconoclasm is a a word. It is used to describe when symbols of a culture (like icons or monuments) are destroyed by people of that same culture. This is usually done for religious or political motives. Often, it occurs together with major political or religious changes. It is generally different from the destruction by one culture of the images of another, for example by the Spanish in their American conquests. The term does not generally include the specific destruction of images of a ruler after his death or overthrow ("damnatio memoriae"), for example Akhenaten in Ancient Egypt.
People who engage in or support iconoclasm are called iconoclasts. This word is also used for people who are against established dogmata or conventions. Similarly, people who revere or venerate religious images are called idolators. In a Byzantine context they are known as iconodules, or iconophiles.
Iconoclasm may be carried out by people of a different religion, but is often the result of sectarian disputes between factions of the same religion. The two Byzantine outbreaks during the 8th and 9th centuries were unusual because the use of images was the main issue in the dispute, rather than a by-product of wider concerns. In Christianity, iconoclasm has generally been motivated by a literal interpretation of the Ten Commandments, which forbid the making and worshipping of "graven images" of God.
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🔤- iconoclasm, noun, singular of iconoclasms.
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