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iconoclasts
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a person who challenges or rejects established beliefs, customs, or values, often with the intent to provoke change or expose flaws
- The philosopher was an iconoclast, questioning every moral assumption of his time.
- As an iconoclast, she dismantled outdated academic theories with bold new research.
- The artist gained fame as an iconoclast who defied conventional aesthetics.
- Political iconoclasts often face backlash for opposing mainstream ideologies.
- The film's director was hailed as an iconoclast for breaking genre rules.
2
a person who opposes the veneration of religious icons, especially one who physically destroys sacred images during periods of religious reform or conflict
- The Byzantine iconoclasts shattered mosaics and paintings in churches.
- Iconoclasts viewed religious images as idolatrous and heretical.
- The Reformation saw waves of iconoclasts defacing Catholic art.
- The iconoclast stormed the chapel, tearing down statues of saints.
- The iconoclasts left behind bare altars and stripped sanctuaries.
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