iconoclastic

Definition

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

Etymology

From iconoclast + -ic.

Example Sentences

• "Many of Thomas Hardy's works were considered iconoclastic in his day."
• "I pose the iconoclastic suggestion that even at this late stage in B.R. dieselisation, rigid standardisation might be a shibboleth."
• "Harnessing its cultural cachet is not without problems, because some of these artists—true to their iconoclastic nature—resist being boxed in, dictated to or otherwise controlled."

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