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iconophobic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ʌɪkɒnəˈfəʊbɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

From icono- + -phobic.

Meanings

  1. Disliking or opposing images, especially religious icons.
    • Although nothing came of the scheme, it is one reminder among many that Protestants might hate idolatrous Spanish Catholics more than they did iconophobic Muslims. 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 717:

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more iconophobic Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most iconophobic Degree=Sup lexicographic