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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

Alternative forms

• eikon, ikon (only in sense of religious image)

Etymology

From Latin ?c?n, from Ancient Greek ????? (eik?n, “likeness, image, portrait”). Eastern Orthodox Church sense is attested from 1833. Computing sense first recorded in 1982.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?a?.k?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?a?.k??n/

Noun

icon (plural icons)

1. An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.

   Synonyms: idol, (pejorative) graven image

2. (religion, especially Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels.
3. (by extension) A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:exemplar, Thesaurus:model

4. (graphical user interface) A small picture that represents something.

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5. (linguistics) A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons.

   Coordinate terms: symbol, index.

Derived terms

• aniconic, aniconism
• iconism

Related terms

• iconic
• iconoclasm, iconoclast, iconoclastic
• iconify
• iconography
• iconstasis

Translations

Further reading

• icon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• icon (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• COIN, Coin, Nico, cion, coin, coni

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (eik?n, “likeness, image, portrait”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?i?.ko?n/, [?i?ko?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?i.kon/, [?i?k?n]

Noun

?c?n f (genitive ?conis); third declension

1. an image
2. (later Latin): icon (religious painting)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

• ?conicus
• ?conismus

References

• icon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• icon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• icon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• icon in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016