different between iconoclasm vs idolatry

English

Etymology

From iconoclast.

Noun

iconoclasm (countable and uncountable, plural iconoclasms)

1. The belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually with religious or political motives.

Antonyms

• iconodulism

Related terms

• iconoclast
• iconoclastic

Translations

See also

• aniconism

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French iconoclasme.

Noun

iconoclasm n (uncountable)

1. iconoclasm

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• idololatry (rare)

Etymology

From Old French idolatrie, ydolatrie, from Late Latin ?d?latr?a, from Ecclesiastical Latin ?d?lolatr?a, from Ancient Greek ????????????? (eid?lolatreí?) or ???????????? (eid?lolatrí?, “worship of idols”), back-formation from ???????????? (eid?lolátr?s) (?d?latra in Latin), from ??????? (eíd?lon, “idol”) + ?????? (látris, “worshipper”) or ??????? (latreú?, “I worship”), from ?????? (látron, “payment”); cognate with modern French idolâtrie, Italian idolatria, Occitan ydolatria, Portuguese idolatria and Spanish idolatría.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /a??d?l.?.t?i?/
• (US) enPR: ?-d?'l?-tr?, IPA^(key): /a??d?.l?.t?i/

Noun

idolatry (countable and uncountable, plural idolatries)

1. The worship of idols.
2. The excessive admiration of somebody or something.

Synonyms

• adoration
• reverence
• worship

Related terms

• idol
• idolater
• idolatrous
• idolatrously
• -latry

Translations

Further reading

• Wikipedia article on idolatry

Anagrams

• adroitly, dilatory