iconoclast

• 名词，指攻击或批评既定信仰、传统或制度的人；历史上也指破坏宗教图像的人。

A noun referring to a person who attacks or criticizes cherished beliefs, traditions, or institutions, or historically, a destroyer of religious images.

1. Destroyer of religious imagesC1formal

   A person who opposes or physically destroys images used in religious worship, especially in a historical or theological context.

   圣像破坏者

   • The Byzantine emperor was known as an iconoclast for ordering the destruction of religious icons.
   • During the Reformation, iconoclasts smashed statues and stained glass in churches.
   • Historians debate whether the iconoclasts were motivated by theology or politics.

   反义词idolatervenerator

2. Attacker of established beliefsC2formal

   A person who challenges or criticizes widely held beliefs, traditions, or institutions.

   传统观念的挑战者

   • The artist was an iconoclast who mocked conventional beauty standards.
   • As a political iconoclast, she wrote essays against the two-party system.
   • The scientist became an iconoclast by questioning the dominant theory in her field.
   • Many view the comedian as an iconoclast for ridiculing social taboos.

   同义词criticdissenterhereticmavericknonconformistrebelskeptic

   反义词conformistconservativetraditionalist