'Iconoclast' definitions:
Definition of 'iconoclast'
From: WordNet
noun
A destroyer of images used in religious worship [syn: iconoclast, image breaker]
noun
Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions
Definition of 'Iconoclast'
From: GCIDE
- Iconoclast \I*con"o*clast\, n. [Gr. e'ikw`n image + ? to break: cf. F. iconoclaste.]
- 1. A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'iconoclast'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- annihilator,
- antichristian,
- arsonist,
- biblioclast,
- bomber,
- breaker,
- burner,
- demolisher,
- destroyer,
- dynamitard,
- dynamiter,
- earthling,
- exterminator,
- hun,
- idol breaker,
- idoloclast,
- irreligionist,
- materialist,
- nihilist,
- ruiner,
- syndicalist,
- terrorist,
- vandal,
- worldling,
- wrecker