iconoclasm

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Recent Examples of iconoclasm Trump, this time, has chosen an outsider who shares his instinct for iconoclasm. Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025 Missing masterpieces For as long as humans have been making art, natural disasters, the ravages of time, theft and iconoclasm have threatened their creations’ survival. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024 While Catholics invested in a rich visual tradition that represented God as an old man, the prophet Mohammed resolutely carried iconoclasm forward, focusing exclusively on the word. Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024 Jewish iconoclasm is supported by another facet of Hebraic history: God is said to have spoken directly to the Jews in their own language. Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for iconoclasm
Recent Examples of Synonyms for iconoclasm
Noun
  • Vehicle or pedestrian deviations account for about half of the runway incursions at KCI, followed closely by pilot error.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2025
  • In the footage, the trio is shown accidentally killing a man named Mojo, a deviation from the cartoon's villain Mojo Jojo.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But this doesn’t erase their gender deviance, merely complicates it.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The Righteous Gemstones tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Throughout its engagement with the OIC, the special envoy has prioritized the protection of human rights, routinely championing the equal rights of religious minorities and opposing laws that criminalize blasphemy and apostasy.
    Arsalan Suleman, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Whether his parents realize the extent of his apostasy isn’t clear.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The schism is reaching a boiling point weeks before Oakland voters select a new permanent mayor — the only person who can hire or fire a city administrator.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Of course, there is now a clear schism among the major firms Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block and WilmerHale are fighting.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There's no discord between he and I, which is great.
    Rachel McRady, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Today, that might show up as withdrawing at the slightest hint of discord.
    Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 4 Apr. 2025

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“Iconoclasm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iconoclasm. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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