iconoclastic

attacking cherished beliefs or institutions

Roots

Other words with the clast root

  • clast: something that breaks or is broken
  • clastic: made of fragments or relating to breaking
  • iconoclast: breaker of images or cherished beliefs
  • pyroclastic: made of hot volcanic fragments

Other words with the icon root

  • icon: an image or widely recognized symbol
  • iconoclast: breaker of images or cherished beliefs

Iconoclastic ideas break the icons people were taught not to touch.

Her iconoclastic essay challenged the textbook version of the story.

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