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iconoclast

Literally, a person who attacks religious images, originally in obedience to the injunction of the Second Commandment not to worship ‘graven images’. Under the influence of Islam and Judaism, an iconoclastic movement calling for the destruction of religious images developed in the Byzantine Empire, and was endorsed by the Emperor Leo III in 726. Fierce persecution of those who made and venerated icons followed, until iconoclasm was declared a heresy in the 9th century. The same name was applied to those opposing the use of images at the Reformation, when there was much destruction in churches. Figuratively, the term is used for a person who attacks established ideals or principles.



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iconoclast saith: "Ye shall have none at all, for ye need them not;
The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Considering how many hundreds of statues of the great Emperor must exist in London, it is too much to suppose such a coincidence as that a promiscuous iconoclast should chance to begin upon three specimens of the same bust.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
He will be as indefatigable in defending our historical edifices as our iconoclasts of the schools and academies are eager in attacking them; for it is a grievous thing to see into what hands the architecture of the Middle Ages has fallen, and in what a manner the botchers of plaster of the present day treat the ruin of this grand art, it is even a shame for us intelligent men who see them at work and content ourselves with hooting them.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
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