Noun: iconoclast I'kó-nu,klãst
- Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions
"The young iconoclast challenged long-held beliefs in the academic community"
- A destroyer of images used in religious worship
"During the Reformation, some iconoclasts destroyed statues in Catholic churches";
- image breaker
Derived forms: iconoclasts
Type of: aggressor, assailant, assailer, assaulter, attacker, destroyer, ruiner, undoer, uprooter, waster
Encyclopedia: Iconoclast