ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsIiconoclast
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iconoclast
Meaning: a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions
iconoclast in a sentence
How iconoclast is used in real sentences:
Einstein was an iconoclast who challenged accepted physics.
Einstein was an iconoclast who challenged accepted physics.
“Bell presented each speaker as an iconoclast, although most merely reversed familiar opinions and waited for congratulations.”
— from the passage The Velvet Rebellion
“A local archivist and an iconoclast, she had spent a year challenging the town's cherished belief that the new seawall had rescued the harbor.”
— from the passage The Altered Shore
Synonyms for iconoclast
Other words for iconoclast — rebel, nonconformist and dissident — carry the same meaning.
- rebel
- nonconformist
- dissident
Antonyms of iconoclast
Words that mean the opposite of iconoclast:
- conformist
- traditionalist
Where it comes from
From Greek eikōn 'image' + klan 'to break'
Memory hook
ICON + CLAST (break) — breaks the icons.
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