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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Iconoclast \I*con"o*clast\, n. [Gr. e'ikw`n image + ? to break: cf F. iconoclaste.] 1. A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship. 2. One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: iconoclast n : someone who tries to destroy traditional ideas or institutions [syn: {image breaker}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: 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."
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