oops i posted the last one as "What does aconoclast mean?" That's a wrong word. It's iconoclast. So does anyone know what it means? Can you tell me in easy definition?
2006-08-14 10:23:39 · 9 answers · asked by Daniel 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
"Iconoclast" originally referred to a person who destroyed icons, that is, sacred paintings or sculpture. An example is Byzantine emperor Leo III, who ordered the destruction of all icons of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and the Saints in his empire. The more common meaning in current usage is that an iconoclast is a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition
2006-08-14 10:31:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iconoclast Definition
2016-10-01 23:11:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All good answers above. Today's iconoclast is not so much one who destroys icons, but one who defies convention, esp. if those beliefs are widely held but highly suspect. Iconoclasts show us different ways of thinking. They enrage some, humor some, inform some and irritate some, but they live by their own rules and are true orginals. Modern iconoclasts include Michael Moore, as stated above; Bill Maher; George Carlin; and the late Hunter S. Thompson.
Considering the way our country has evolved in the last six years or so, we desperately need more. Iconoclasts keep us real.
2006-08-14 15:21:12 · answer #3 · answered by SurferRose 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Iconoclast" originally referred to a person who destroyed icons, that is, sacred paintings or sculpture. An example is Byzantine emperor Leo III, who ordered the destruction of all icons of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and the Saints in his empire. For more discussion of historical iconoclasts, see iconoclasm.
The more common meaning in current usage is that an iconoclast is a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition.[1]
Modern iconoclasts may carry out symbolic or quixotic acts of protest against authority figures, the connotation being that the iconoclast opposes the imposition of authority itself rather than any particular policy or action.
2006-08-14 10:34:46 · answer #4 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
iconoclast is someone who attacks the man, authority figures, things generally believed to be the truth, the normal way etc. Michael Moore would be an example. The Onion, too.
2006-08-14 10:38:13 · answer #5 · answered by mikeyditka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ICONOCLAST is an easy word very much in use.
iconoclast
Meaning 1: One who attacks traditional or popular instutitions: an anti-establishment person.
Meaning 2: Also someone who destroys or defaces religious images or objects.
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2006-08-14 12:47:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A person who attacks established ideas or principles
2016-03-17 00:06:35 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a person who does their own thing, not the normal expected thing. they march to their own beat
2006-08-14 10:31:29 · answer #8 · answered by tyler_durden_project 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is a great website for vocab help:
www.dictionary.com
2006-08-14 11:54:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋