Iconoclastic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterized by attack on established and accepted beliefs, customs, or institutions; of or pertaining to iconoclasm.

    "Many of Thomas Hardy's works were considered iconoclastic in his day."

Adjective
  1. 1
    destructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited wordnet
  2. 2
    characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions wordnet

Synonyms

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destructivehereticalimpiousnonconformistungodlyunorthodox

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"Many of Thomas Hardy's works were considered iconoclastic in his day."

Etymology

From iconoclast + -ic.

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