"iconoclasm" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: iconoclasms [plural]
Etymology: From iconoclast. Etymology templates: {{m|en|iconoclast}} iconoclast Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} iconoclasm (countable and uncountable, plural iconoclasms)
  1. The belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually with religious or political motives. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: iconomachy, idoloclasm Translations (belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons): պատկերամարտություն (patkeramartutʻyun) (Armenian), 破壞偶像主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 破坏偶像主义 (pòhuàiǒuxiàngzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), ikonoklasmus [masculine] (Czech), obrazoborectví [neuter] (Czech), billedstorm (note: especially regarding the Dutch Reformation) [common-gender] (Danish), ikonoklasme [common-gender] (Danish), iconoclasme (Dutch), beeldenstorm (Dutch), ikonoklasmo (Esperanto), ikonoklasmi (Finnish), iconoclasme [masculine] (French), ხატმებრძოლეობა (xaṭmebrʒoleoba) (Georgian), Ikonoklasmus [masculine] (German), Bildersturm [masculine] (German), Bilderstürmerei [feminine] (German), képrombolás (Hungarian), iconoclastia (Italian), 偶像破壊 (guuzou-hakai) (alt: ぐうぞうはかい) (Japanese), ikonoklazm [masculine] (Polish), obrazoburstwo [neuter] (Polish), iconoclastia [feminine] (Portuguese), иконоборчество (ikonoborčestvo) (Russian), иконоклазм (ikonoklazm) (Russian), iconoclasia [feminine] (Spanish), iconoclastia [feminine] (Spanish), bildstorm [common-gender] (Swedish), ikonoklasm [common-gender] (Swedish), іконобо́рство (ikonobórstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), іконокла́зм (ikonoklázm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), delwddrylliad [masculine] (Welsh), eiconoclastiaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-iconoclasm-en-noun-cRITZCFh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons': 81 19
  2. (figurative) A challenge to a widely held belief, tradition or cherished institution. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable Translations (by extension: attacking cherished beliefs): polgárpukkasztás (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-iconoclasm-en-noun-QbnCoQx4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'by extension: attacking cherished beliefs': 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: iconoclast, iconoclastic, iconoclastically, iconoclasticism, iconophobia, aniconism

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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ikonoklasm"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ikonobórstvo",
      "sense": "belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "іконобо́рство"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ikonoklázm",
      "sense": "belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "іконокла́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delwddrylliad"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eiconoclastiaeth"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "by extension: attacking cherished beliefs",
      "word": "polgárpukkasztás"
    }
  ],
  "word": "iconoclasm"
}

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