iconoclasts
Meaning of iconoclasts
plural noun
- a person who attacks or criticizes cherished beliefs or institutions.
- a destroyer of images used in religious worship.
mid 17th century (in iconoclast (sense 2)): via medieval Latin from ecclesiastical Greek eikonoklastēs, from eikōn ‘likeness’ + klan ‘to break’.
Information about iconoclasts
- It is a name.
- The singular form of iconoclasts is: iconoclast.
- Languages in which iconoclasts is used:
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Hyphenation of iconoclasts
icon-o-clasts
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- iconoclasts is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
iconoclasts synonyms
Meaning a person who expresses an unfavourable opinion of something:
Meaning a person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinions:
Meaning a person who asks questions, especially in an official context:
Meaning a person believing in or practising religious heresy:
Meaning a member of a Protestant Church which dissents from the established Church of England:
Meaning a person who opposes official policy, especially that of an authoritarian state:
Meaning a person who dissents:
Meaning a person who opposes a majority or official opinion:
Meaning a person who is dissatisfied and rebellious:
Meaning a person who resists authority, control, or convention:
Meaning a subversive person:
Meaning a person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles:
Meaning a person or thing that interrupts an event, activity, or process by causing a disturbance or problem:
Meaning a person, especially a soldier or sailor, who rebels or refuses to obey the orders of a person in authority:
Meaning an unorthodox or independent-minded person:
Meaning the earliest form of something, from which copies may be made:
Meaning a person who introduces new methods, ideas, or products:
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