iconoclasts

Meaning of iconoclasts

plural noun
  1. a person who attacks or criticizes cherished beliefs or institutions.
  2. 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.
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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:

critic

Meaning a person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinions:

sceptic

Meaning a person who asks questions, especially in an official context:

questioner

Meaning a person believing in or practising religious heresy:

heretic

Meaning a member of a Protestant Church which dissents from the established Church of England:

nonconformist

Meaning a person who opposes official policy, especially that of an authoritarian state:

dissident

Meaning a person who dissents:

dissenter

Meaning a person who opposes a majority or official opinion:

dissentient

Meaning a person who is dissatisfied and rebellious:

malcontent

Meaning a person who resists authority, control, or convention:

rebel

Meaning a subversive person:

subversive

Meaning a person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles:

renegade

Meaning a person or thing that interrupts an event, activity, or process by causing a disturbance or problem:

disruptor

Meaning a person, especially a soldier or sailor, who rebels or refuses to obey the orders of a person in authority:

mutineer

Meaning an unorthodox or independent-minded person:

maverick

Meaning the earliest form of something, from which copies may be made:

original

Meaning a person who introduces new methods, ideas, or products:

innovator

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