iconoclasm
/aɪˈkɒnəʊklæzəm/noun
mass noun
1
- the action of attacking or assertively rejecting cherished beliefs and institutions or established values and practices对信仰(或制度、传统价值、习俗等)的攻击(或排斥)。
2
- the rejection or destruction of religious images as heretical; the doctrine of iconoclasts捣毁圣像; 偶像打破主义。
词源
late 18th cent.: from ICONOCLAST, on the pattern of pairs such as enthusiast, enthusiasm.