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iconoclastically en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English iconoclastic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English iconoclastically From iconoclastic + -ally.

Meanings

1. In an iconoclastic manner.
   • In the later lectures, which would lead to A Pluralistic Universe, James abandoned the earlier heroic stance, where he taunted European idealists and iconoclastically defied the new mechanistic science by suggesting supernatural rescue. 1994, William D. Dean, The Religious Critic in American Culture, page 80:

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