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Definition of iconoclastic in English: iconoclasticadjective ˌʌɪkɒnəˈklastɪkaɪˌkɑnəˈklæstɪk Criticizing or attacking cherished beliefs or institutions. an iconoclastic filmmaker who has pushed the boundaries with every film he's made Example sentencesExamples - Once irreverent and perhaps even iconoclastic, these shows relied too heavily on his reputation and weakening force of personality.
- Again, like today's, its doings were chronicled by an irreverent, iconoclastic press eager for celebrity gossip and social scandal.
- His criticisms are never iconoclastic and his sympathy never sycophantic.
- It may belong in its iconoclastic period, the Sixties, but its subversive attack on state institutions rings as true as ever in our era of spin.
- For twenty years he was a star performer at the Cambridge history podium - theatrical, witty, irreverent, iconoclastic.
Synonyms critical, sceptical, questioning heretical, irreverent, nonconformist, dissident, dissenting, dissentient malcontent, rebellious, subversive, renegade, mutinous maverick, original, innovative, groundbreaking
Derivativesadverbˌʌɪˈklastɪk(ə)li The Reformation reacted iconoclastically to all religious imagery, with the loss of much stained glass, though heraldic windows for private houses and some churches were still produced. Example sentencesExamples - Gray, more iconoclastically, declares the universal truth that ‘democracy and the free market are rivals, not allies’.
- Many have come to revere him as an iconoclastically charming artist or even a sort of outsider artist, while just as many really can't stand the guy.
- Scouse wit undercuts bombastic couplet, and the text is presented irreverently and iconoclastically.
- I know someone who iconoclastically called their child Gingham Blueberry, and it had no ill effects whatsoever.
Rhymesbombastic, drastic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, elastic, encomiastic, enthusiastic, fantastic, gymnastic, mastic, monastic, neoplastic, orgastic, orgiastic, periphrastic, plastic, pleonastic, sarcastic, scholastic, scholiastic Definition of iconoclastic in US English: iconoclasticadjectiveīˌkänəˈklastikaɪˌkɑnəˈklæstɪk Characterized by attack on cherished beliefs or institutions. a fresh, even an iconoclastic, influence could work wonders Example sentencesExamples - It may belong in its iconoclastic period, the Sixties, but its subversive attack on state institutions rings as true as ever in our era of spin.
- Again, like today's, its doings were chronicled by an irreverent, iconoclastic press eager for celebrity gossip and social scandal.
- Once irreverent and perhaps even iconoclastic, these shows relied too heavily on his reputation and weakening force of personality.
- For twenty years he was a star performer at the Cambridge history podium - theatrical, witty, irreverent, iconoclastic.
- His criticisms are never iconoclastic and his sympathy never sycophantic.
Synonyms critical, sceptical, questioning
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