iconoclasm
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From iconoclast.
Noun [edit]
iconoclasm (countable and uncountable; plural iconoclasms)
- The belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually with religious or political motives.
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Translations [edit]
belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons
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References [edit]
- iconoclasm in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- iconoclasm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913