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."
A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship.
One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.
Destroyer of Icons, notably during the Iconoclastic period, 726-843. The term has come to be applied to anyone who destroys things of value.
one who attacks established beliefs, institutions; opposing veneration of religious images
someone who tries to destroy traditional ideas or institutions
an image breaker, someone who kind of attacks, to some degree, cherished notions
literally, a breaker or destoyer of images. Also has come to mean one who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition.
one who attacks settled beliefs or institutions
Iconoclasts believed that veneration of icons was idol worship, so icons should be destroyed. Iconoclasm was the destruction of images, or at least covering with whitewash, in the case of frescoes and mosaics. The Iconoclastic controversy was a dominant force in the Greek Church from the end of the seventh century until 842. Return to Theme
(Gr., "image destroyer"): supporter of the movement against the veneration of icons.
Greek - eikon (icon) + klaein (to break) - Anyone opposed to the religious use of images or advocating the destruction of such images, specefically a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church during the eighth and ninth centuries who denounced the use of icons. Iconoclasm is the actions or beliefs of an iconoclast.