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Definition: Iconoclast |
IconoclastNoun1. Someone who tries to destroy traditional ideas or institutions. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "iconoclast" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
Etymology: Iconoclast \I*con"o*clast\, noun. [from Greek expression e'ikw`n image to break: compare to the French expression iconoclaste.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Satire | ICONOCLAST, n. A breaker of idols, the worshipers whereof are imperfectly gratified by the performance, and most strenuously protest that he unbuildeth but doth not reedify, that he pulleth down but pileth not up. For the poor things would have other idols in place of those he thwacketh upon the mazzard and dispelleth. But the iconoclast saith: "Ye shall have none at all, for ye need them not; and if the rebuilder fooleth round hereabout, behold I will depress the head of him and sit thereon till he squawk it.". Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The more common meaning in current usage is that an iconoclast is a person who carries out symbolic or quixotic acts of protest against authority figures. There is a connotation that the iconoclast opposes the imposition of authority itself rather than any particular policy or action.
There is also an article on historical iconoclasm.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Iconoclast."
Synonym: IconoclastSynonym: image breaker (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Destroyer | Noun: destroyer; (destroy; ); cankerworm; (bane); assassin; (killer); executioner; (punish); biblioclast, eidoloclast, iconoclast, idoloclast; nihilist. |
Evil doer | Noun: evil doer, evil worker; wrongdoer; mischief-maker, marplot; oppressor, tyrant; destroyer, Vandal; iconoclast. |
Heterodoxy | Bigot; (obstinacy); fanatic, abdal, iconoclast. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Iconoclast |
| English words defined with "iconoclast": iconoclasm, Iconodulist, Idoloclast, image breaker. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "iconoclast": SAMSON. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "iconoclast": iconoclasm. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Iconoclast" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (iconoclast). |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Iconoclast (1913) | |
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| "Iconoclast" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.00% of the time. "Iconoclast" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 20 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
iconoclast | 38 |
forsaken iconoclast | 19 |
definition iconoclast | 2 |
iconoclast motorcycle | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "iconoclast"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | beeldstormer, beeldestormer. (various references) | |
Albanian | ikonathyes, kundërshtues i besimeve ekzistuese. (various references) | |
Arabic | عابد التماثيل, المهاجم للمعتقدات, المحطم للتماثيل الدينية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | иконоборец. (various references) | |
Dutch | beeldenstormer. (various references) | |
Esperanto | ikonoklasto. (various references) | |
Farsi | بت شکن . (various references) | |
French | iconoclaste. (various references) | |
German | bilderstürmer. (various references) | |
Greek | εικονομάχοσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | שובר אלילים. (various references) | |
Hungarian | képromboló. (various references) | |
Italian | iconoclasta. (various references) | |
Manx | brisheyder jallooyn. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iconoclastay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | icônico. (various references) | |
Romanian | iconoclast. (various references) | |
Russian | бунтарь (insurgent, rebel, recusant), иконоборство (iconoclasm). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ikonoklast. (various references) | |
Spanish | iconoclasta (iconoclastic). (various references) | |
Swedish | ikonoklast, bildstormare. (various references) | |
Turkish | ikon düşmanı, geleneklere karşı çıkan kimse. (various references) | |
Ukranian | іконоборець, бунтар (nonconformist, rebel, recusant, rioter). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người b i trừ thánh tượng. (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "iconoclast": iconoclastic, iconoclastically, iconoclasts. (additional references) | |
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"Iconoclast" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: iconaclast, iconclast, iconnoclast, iconoclas, iconoclass, iconoclasst, iconoclaste, iconoclasy, iconoclat, iconolast, iconoplast, inconoclast. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "iconoclast" (pronounced ī'kÄ"nukla'st) |
| 4 | -l a' s t | chloroplast, outlast, sandblast. |
| 3 | -a' s t | broadcast, bypassed, Colorfast, downcast, enthusiast, flabbergast, forecast, Holdfast, lightfast, newscast, outcast, overcast, rebroadcast, simulcast, steadfast, superfast, telecast, typecast. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-l-n-o-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: coactions, locations. | |
-2 letters: coaction, colonics, colonist, coolants, lactonic, location, occasion, octanols, solation, stolonic. | |
-3 letters: actions, alnicos, atonics, calicos, cations, catlins, citolas, clastic, cocains, colonic, conical, coolant, laconic, latinos, lotions, octanol, oilcans, soliton, stoical, talions, tincals. | |
-4 letters: accost, actins, action, alnico, aloins, antics, atonic, calico, cantic, cantos, casino, cation, catlin, citola, clonic, cloots, coacts, coatis, cocain, cocoas, coital, colics, colins, coloni, colons, conics, consol, contos, costal, cotans, instal, lactic, latino, linacs, lotion, nastic, nicols, nostoc, octans, oilcan, saloon, santol, scotia, siccan, social, solano, solion, stolon, talion, talons, ticals, tincal, tocsin, tolans, tonics, tonsil. | |
-5 letters: actin, alist, aloin, altos, anils, antic, antis, ascot, cacti, cains, calos, canso, canst, canto, cants, cions, cisco, clans, clast, clits, clons, cloot, clots, coact, coals, coast, coati, coats, cocas, cocoa, cocos, coils, coins, colas, colic, colin, colon, colts, conic, conto, cools, coons, coots, costa, cotan, icons, iotas, laics, linac, linos, lints, lions, litas, loans, locos, loins, loons, loots, lotas, lotic, lotos, nails, nicol, noils, nolos, notal, octal, octan, olios, ontic, ostia, saint, salic, salon, santo, satin, scant, scion, scoot, slain, slant, snail, snool, snoot, solan, solon, sonic, sotol, stain, stoai, stoic, stool, tacos, tails, tains, talcs, talon, tical, toils, tolan, tolas, tonal, tonic, tools, toons. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-i-l-n-o-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: catholicons, iconoclasts. | |
+2 letters: collocations, conciliators, iconoclastic, occultations. | |
+3 letters: colonialistic, complications, conciliations, echolocations, flocculations. | |
+4 letters: coalifications, cocultivations, consociational, constructional, contumaciously, cycloadditions, machicolations. | |
+5 letters: achondroplastic, concelebrations, reconciliations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 63 6F 6E 6F 63 6C 61 73 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -.-. --- -. --- -.-. .-.. .- ... - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01100011 01101111 01101110 01101111 01100011 01101100 01100001 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I c o n o c l a s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0063 006F 006E 006F 0063 006C 0061 0073 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43698180816978678586 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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