different between iconoclast vs doctrinaire

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French iconoclaste, from Byzantine Greek ????????????? (eikonoklást?s, literally “image breaker”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??k?n?klæst/

Noun

iconoclast (plural iconoclasts)

1. (historical, Christianity) One who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the Orthodox Church in the 8th and 9th centuries, or a Puritan during the European Reformation.

   Antonym: iconodule
2. One who opposes orthodoxy and religion; one who adheres to the doctrine of iconoclasm.
   • 2010 The Handbook of Texas Online, William Cowper Brann, Texas State Historical Association, Austin [1]:

     In February 1895 he [William Cowper Brann, 1855-1898 ] revived publication of the Iconoclast. This time it was successful and eventually attained a circulation of 100,000. Brann took obvious relish in directing his stinging attacks upon institutions and persons he considered to be hypocritical or overly sanctimonious.

3. (by extension) One who attacks cherished beliefs.

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Translations

See also

• antichrist
• rebel
• radical
• dissenter
• contrarian

Romanian

Etymology

From French iconoclaste.

Noun

iconoclast m (plural iconocla?ti, feminine equivalent iconoclast?)

1. iconoclast

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French doctrinaire, from doctrine +? -aire.

Noun

doctrinaire (plural doctrinaires)

1. A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility.
2. (historical) In France, in 1815-30, one of a school who desired a constitution like that of Britain.

Translations

Adjective

doctrinaire (comparative more doctrinaire, superlative most doctrinaire)

1. Stubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality.

Translations

Related terms

• docent
• docile
• doctor
• doctorate
• doctrinal
• doctrine
• document
• indoctrinate

Further reading

• "doctrinaire" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 108.

French

Etymology

doctrine +? -aire

Pronunciation

Noun

doctrinaire m or f (plural doctrinaires)

1. doctrinaire

Adjective

doctrinaire (plural doctrinaires)

1. doctrinaire
2. doctrinal

Derived terms

• doctrinairement