iconoclast

iconoclast
[ʌɪˈkɒnəklast]
noun
  1. a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions
    信仰攻击者；制度攻击者
  2. a destroyer of images used in religious worship, in particular
    圣像破坏者，尤指
    ■(historical)a supporter of the 8th- and 9th-century movement in the Byzantine Church which sought to abolish the veneration of icons and other religious images
    (史)8世纪及9世纪东正教偶像崇拜废止运动的拥护者
    ■(historical)a Puritan of the 16th or 17th century
    (史)16世纪或17世纪的清教徒
派生
iconoclastic
adjective
iconoclastically
adverb
语源
  1. mid 17th cent. (in sense 2): via medieval Latin from ecclesiastical Greek eikonoklastēs, from eikōn 'likeness' + klan 'to break'
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