iconoclast
/aɪˈkɒnəʊklæst/noun
1
- a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions信仰攻击者; 传统制度破坏者。
2
- a destroyer of images used in religious worship, in particular圣像破坏者, 尤指：
2.1
- 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。
2.2
- historical a Puritan of the 16th or 17th century〈史〉16世纪或17世纪的清教徒。
派生词
iconoclastic
adjectiveiconoclastically
adverb词源
mid 17th cent. (in sense 2)： via medieval Latin from ecclesiastical Greek eikonoklastēs, from eikōn 'likeness' + klan 'to break'.