Iconomachy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Hostility to images as objects of worship. uncountable

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iconoclasm

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εἰκονομαχία (eikonomakhía), from εἰκών (eikṓn, "likeness, image, portrait") and -μαχία (-makhía, "battle, fight"), literally meaning "war against images" or "war on icons".

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