iconoclast English · revision 1965

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /aɪˈkɒn.əˌklæst/ ''(UK)''; /aɪˈkɑn.əˌklæst/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|iconoclaste]]^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(AHD) and [[der|la-med|iconoclastes]],^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from Medieval Greek ''eikonoklástēs'' “image breaker”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from [[grc|εἰκών|tr=eikṓn|t=image]]^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) and ''-klastēs'' “breaker”, from [[grc|κλάω|tr=kláō|t=to break]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A breaker or destroyer of religious images (1596, in the Scottish form ''Jconoclastæ''; 1641 in Barnhart's main entry).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word first referred to those in the Eastern Church of the 8th and 9th centuries who opposed the veneration of icons and destroyed them as idols.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(AHD) It was later applied to 16th- and 17th-century Protestants in the Netherlands who destroyed images in churches.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(AHD) In 1842 it gained its figurative sense, a person who attacks cherished beliefs or venerated institutions.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) ''Iconoclasm'' is recorded from 1797.^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1596 – a destroyer of religious images.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1685 – as an adjective.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1797 – ''iconoclasm''.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1842 – one who attacks cherished beliefs.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who attacks traditional or popular beliefs and institutions.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A person who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[iconoclastic]]

+ * [[iconoclastically]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[clastic]]

+ * [[icon]]

+ * [[iconoclasm]]

+ * [[idol]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}