iconoclast
/ikonn klast/ • noun 1 a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions. 2 a person who destroys images used in religious worship, especially one belonging to a movement opposing such images in the Byzantine Church during the 8th and 9th century. — DERIVATIVES iconoclasm noun iconoclastic adjective. — ORIGIN from Greek eikon ‘image, likeness’ + klan ‘to break’.
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