Dictionary

iconoclasm en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /aɪˈkɒnəˌklæzəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From iconoclast.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually with religious or political motives.
   • Finally, “iconoclasm” is a form of desecration and shares its general intention to deny the sacred qualities of an image and to demonstrate that it has no power, to prevent it from being treated as an idol or a rival to God.¹⁴ But not all forms of desecration constitute iconoclasm, though iconoclasm is always a form of desecration. 2024, Katherine Aron-Beller, Christian Images and Their Jewish Desecrators: The History of an Allegation, 400–1700, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 8:
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A challenge to a widely held belief, tradition or cherished institution.

Forms

Antonyms

iconodulism · iconoplasm · iconoduly

Deriveds

chromoclasm

Hypernyms

desecration

Relateds

iconoclastically · aniconism · iconophobia · iconoclast · iconoclasticism · iconoclastic

Synonyms

idoloclasm · iconomachy

Translations (34)

nl beeldenstorm (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · fi ikonoklasmi (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · eo ikonoklasmo (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · pt iconoclastia (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · sv ikonoklasm (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · uk іконобо́рство (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · sv bildstorm (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · ru иконоборчество (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · de Bilderstürmerei (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · ja 偶像破壊 (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · id ikonoklasme (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · pl ikonoklazm (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · da ikonoklasme (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · hu polgárpukkasztás (by extension: attacking cherished beliefs) · nl iconoclasme (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · cy delwddrylliad (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · cs ikonoklasmus (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · hu képrombolás (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · de Bildersturm (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · it iconoclastia (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · ka ხატმებრძოლეობა (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · uk іконокла́зм (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · ru иконоклазм (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · hy պատկերամարտություն (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · es iconoclasia (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · cy eiconoclastiaeth (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · cs obrazoborectví (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · pl obrazoburstwo (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · fr iconoclasme (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · es iconoclastia (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · de Ikonoklasmus (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · cmn 破壞偶像主義 /破坏偶像主义 (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · ca iconoclàstia (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons) · da billedstorm (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons)