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Word: Iconoclasm
Speech Type: Noun
late 18th century: from iconoclast, on the pattern of pairs such as enthusiast, enthusiasm
ʌɪˈkɒnəklaz(ə)m
the action of attacking or assertively rejecting cherished beliefs and institutions or established values and practices.
Short Definition:action of attacking or assertively rejecting cherished beliefs and institutions
the rejection or destruction of religious images as heretical; the doctrine of iconoclasts.
Short Definition:rejection or destruction of religious images as heretical
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