iconoclast
Plural: iconoclasts
Noun
- a destroyer of images used in religious worship
- someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions
- One who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the Orthodox Church in the 8th and 9th centuries, or a Puritan during the European Reformation.
- One who opposes orthodoxy and religion; one who adheres to the doctrine of iconoclasm.
- One who attacks cherished beliefs; a maverick.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from French iconoclaste and its etymon Medieval Latin īconoclastēs, from Byzantine Greek εἰκονοκλάστης (eikonoklástēs, literally “image breaker”). By surface analysis, icono- + -clast.
Synonyms
image breaker
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
iconoclast: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordiconoclast: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
iconoclast: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
iconoclast: valid Words With Friends Word