iconoclast

3 definitions found

iconoclast - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

iconoclast - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  iconoclast
      n 1: a destroyer of images used in religious worship [syn:
           iconoclast, image breaker]
      2: someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional
         institutions

iconoclast - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "iconoclast":
     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