different between belief vs iconoclastic

English

Etymology

From Middle English bileve, from Old English l?afa, from Proto-Germanic *laubô. Compare German Glaube (“faith, belief”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??li?f/, /b??li?f/
• Rhymes: -i?f
• Hyphenation: be?lief

Noun

belief (countable and uncountable, plural beliefs)

1. Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
2. Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.

3. (countable) Something believed.
4. (uncountable) The quality or state of believing.

5. (uncountable) Religious faith.

6. (in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions.

Derived terms

• beliefful
• beyond belief
• disbelief
• forebelief
• self-belief
• unbelief
• wanbelief

Related terms

• believe

Translations

Anagrams

• befile, belfie

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

belief

1. imperative of believen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b??li?f]
• Hyphenation: be?lief

Verb

belief

1. first-person singular preterite of belaufen
2. third-person singular preterite of belaufen

English

Etymology

iconoclast +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æst?k

Adjective

iconoclastic (comparative more iconoclastic, superlative most iconoclastic)

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

Antonyms

• iconodulic

Related terms

• iconoclasm
• iconoclast

Translations

See also

• aniconic

References

• iconoclastic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• iconoclastic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.