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Attacking cherished beliefs
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iconoclastic
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Word definitions for iconoclastic in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s; see iconoclast + -ic .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Iconoclastic \I*con`o*clas"tic\, a. Of or pertaining to the iconoclasts, or to image breaking. --Milman.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As a pastor he was diligent and although iconoclastic , he defended the clergy against outside attack. ▪ I thought he was very handsome, tragic and iconoclastic . ▪ It is in its nature neither conservative nor iconoclastic ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Characterized by attack on established and accepted beliefs, customs, or institutions; of or pertaining to iconoclasm.
Usage examples of iconoclastic.
It was probably that numinous element in the religion which riddled even the most brilliant and iconoclastic Romans with superstitions.
Planting himself on this ground, surrounding himself with these evidences, the reverential Christian will at least for a long time to come cling firmly to the accepted fact of the resurrection of Christ, regardless of whatever misgivings and perplexities may trouble the mind of the iconoclastic and critical truth seeker.
There may be some universe in which it is iconoclastic for anemic Hollywood starlets to denigrate the Catholic Church.
On the extreme left wing of Proletkult there was a strong iconoclastic trend that revelled in the destruction of the old world.
Surely not McGee, not that big brown loose-jointed, wirehaired beach rambler, that lazy fish-catching, girlwatching, grey-eyed iconoclastic hustler.
The Tsigane version of Sara and the saints is from Claude Clément's wonderful children's book Contes Traditionelles de Provence, and represents either the iconoclastic extreme or the earliest, least-changed myth.
The Nakeds faced a Camelotian dilemma: whether to accede to the realities of social stratification and capitulate to appearances as eveiything and deny your own hunger and seek contentment in conformity and tone down your spiel, spritz, shtick, and performance capability and rework it to suit a mainstream audience-or go iconoclastic all the way and fuck this overweening adolescent urge to BELONG.