iconoclastic

English

Etymology

iconoclast +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æstɪk

Adjective

iconoclastic (comparative more iconoclastic, superlative most iconoclastic)

1. Characterized by attack on established and accepted beliefs, customs, or institutions; of or pertaining to iconoclasm.

   Many of Thomas Hardy's works were considered iconoclastic in his day.

   • 1964 May, R. & M., “What chance for an outstanding prototype?”, in Modern Railways, page 319:

     I pose the iconoclastic suggestion that even at this late stage in B.R. dieselisation, rigid standardisation might be a shibboleth.

Antonyms

• iconodulic

Related terms

• iconoclasm
• iconoclast

Translations

pertaining to iconoclasm

• Catalan: iconoclasta (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: ikonoklastický
• Finnish: ikonoklastinen (fi), kerettiläinen (fi)
• French: iconoclaste (fr)
• Galician: iconoclasta
• German: bilderstürmerisch, ikonoklastisch (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: tekintélyromboló, polgárpukkasztó
• Ido: ikonoklasta (io)
• Italian: iconoclasta (it)
• Polish: bogoburczy
• Portuguese: iconoclástico, iconoclasta (pt)
• Russian: мяте́жный (ru) (mjatéžnyj), де́рзкий (ru) (dérzkij), (historical) иконобо́рческий (ru) (ikonobórčeskij)
• Spanish: iconoclasta (es)
• Welsh: delwddrylliol, eiconoclastig

See also

• aniconic

References

• “iconoclastic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “iconoclastic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.