Iconoclast



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 攻击传统观念或风俗的人
• ［英］ n. 攻击传统观念或风俗的人 ( one who attacks and seeks to destroy widely accepted ideas, beliefs)
• ［记］ icono ( 圣像) +clast ( 打破...的人) -> 打破圣像的人

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Medieval Latin iconoclastes, from Middle Greek eikonoklastēs, literally, image destroyer, from Greek eikono- + klan to break — more at clast
• Date: 1641
• 1. a person who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration
• 2. a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions
• ? iconoclastic adjective
• ? iconoclastically adverb

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