iconoclasm

English

Etymology

From iconoclast.

Noun

iconoclasm (countable and uncountable, plural iconoclasms)

1. The belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually with religious or political motives.

Antonyms

• iconodulism

Related terms

• iconoclast
• iconoclastic

Translations

belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons

• Armenian: պատկերամարտություն (hy) (patkeramartutʿyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: ikonoklasmus (cs) m, obrazoborectví n
• Esperanto: ikonoklasmo
• Finnish: ikonoklasmi (fi)

• French: iconoclasme (fr) m
• German: Ikonoklasmus (de) m, Bildersturm (de) m, Bilderstürmerei f
• Italian: iconoclastia (it)
• Russian: иконоборчество (ru) (ikonoborčestvo)
• Spanish: iconoclasia f

See also

• aniconism

References

• iconoclasm in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• iconoclasm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913