different between iconoclast vs heterodox

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.

Related terms

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

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (heteródoxos), from ?????? (héteros, “other, another, different”) + ???? (dóxa, “opinion”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h?t???d?ks/

Adjective

heterodox (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings, especially religious ones, that are different from orthodoxy, or the norm, but not sufficiently different to be called heretical.

   The Church of Alexandria in Egypt is considered heterodox, not heretical.

   • 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, chapter XVI:

     Do you believe such people are happy in the other world, sir? {...} I declined answering Mrs. Dean’s question, which struck me as something heterodox.

Antonyms

• orthodox

Related terms

• heterodoxy
• hetero-
• heretical

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French hétérodoxe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?.t?.ro??d?ks/
• Hyphenation: he?te?ro?dox
• Rhymes: -?ks

Adjective

heterodox (not comparable)

1. heterodox (deviating from some orthodoxy, whether religious or ideological)

Inflection

Antonyms

• orthodox

Related terms

• heterodoxie
• onorthodox

Romanian

Adjective

heterodox m or n (feminine singular heterodox?, masculine plural heterodoc?i, feminine and neuter plural heterodoxe)

1. Alternative form of eterodox

Declension