iconoclasm

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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)
• Czech: ikonoklasmus (cs) m, obrazoborectví (cs) n
• Esperanto: ikonoklasmo (eo)
• French: iconoclasme (fr) m

• German: Ikonoklasmus (de) m, Bildersturm (de) m, Bilderstürmerei (de) f
• Italian: iconoclastia (it)
• Russian: иконоборчество (ru) (ikonoborčestvo)

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