On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Iconoclasm. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as unorthodoxy or heterodoxy and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Iconoclasm in a sentence
Iconoclasm meaning
- The belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually with religious or political motives.
- A challenge to a widely held belief, tradition or cherished institution.
Synonyms of Iconoclasm
Using Iconoclasm
- The main meaning on this page is: The belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually with religious or political motives. | A challenge to a widely held belief, tradition or cherished institution.
- Useful related words include: unorthodoxy, heterodoxy, heresy.
- In the example corpus, iconoclasm often appears in combinations such as: iconoclasm and, iconoclasm slam, of iconoclasm.
Context around Iconoclasm
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Iconoclasm
- In this selection, "iconoclasm" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, especially, democratic, see, slam, leo and icon stand out and add context to how "iconoclasm" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and their iconoclasm but supported and anti democratic iconoclasm in office. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "iconoclasm" sits close to words such as abra, accies and accommodative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with iconoclasm
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He nailed the Iconoclasm slam on Masha. (7 words)
Was it a sense of iconoclasm that drove him? (9 words)
Lloyd fired back with an Iconoclasm slam for a nearfall. (10 words)
Progressive movements worldwide, especially in an age of mounting right-wing populism and anti-democratic iconoclasm in office, should know that they need to grow their numbers and learn to live with each other a whole lot better than they have been. (42 words)
Iconoclasm was previously known in the Byzantine period and aniconicism was a feature of the Judaic world, thus placing the Islamic objection to figurative representations within a larger context. (29 words)
Lutherans, however, rejected the iconoclasm of the 16th century, and affirmed the distinction between adoration due to the Triune God alone and all other forms of veneration (CA 21). (29 words)
Was it a sense of iconoclasm that drove him? (9 words)
Example sentences (20)
Iconoclasm Leo's most striking legislative reforms dealt with religious matters, especially iconoclasm ("Icon-breaking," therefore an iconoclast is an "Icon-breaker").
Fox hits an Iconoclasm into a cutter and Swerve’s brainbuster sets up a 450 to finish Cruz at 2:18.
He nailed the Iconoclasm slam on Masha.
Lloyd fired back with an Iconoclasm slam for a nearfall.
Page’s coolest spot was a Iconoclasm slam off the turnbuckles into a powerslam.
This wasn’t iconoclasm and, officially, it wasn’t civil rights, either.
Progressive movements worldwide, especially in an age of mounting right-wing populism and anti-democratic iconoclasm in office, should know that they need to grow their numbers and learn to live with each other a whole lot better than they have been.
Was it a sense of iconoclasm that drove him?
Finally, the rulings of the Council of Hieria were rejected, and the practice of devotion to icons was confirmed (see iconoclasm ).
He continued to write numerous letters supporting the use of icons, and appears to have remained an important leader of the opposition to imperial iconoclasm.
Hence, Schmid rejected the radicals and their iconoclasm, but supported Zwingli's position.
Iconoclasm may be carried out by people of a different religion, but is often the result of sectarian disputes between factions of the same religion.
Iconoclasm was previously known in the Byzantine period and aniconicism was a feature of the Judaic world, thus placing the Islamic objection to figurative representations within a larger context.
In 1566, the wave of iconoclasm known as the Beeldenstorm was a prelude to religious war between Catholics and Protestants, especially the Anabaptists.
Leo held fast by his plan to revive iconoclasm, and in March 815 the Patrarch Nikephoros was stripped of his office and exiled to Bithynia.
Lutherans, however, rejected the iconoclasm of the 16th century, and affirmed the distinction between adoration due to the Triune God alone and all other forms of veneration (CA 21).
Mann, p. 208 Gregory, in the meantime, demonstrated his opposition to iconoclasm by emphasising his veneration of icons and relics.
Mann, pg. 186 In 727, Gregory summoned a synod to condemn iconoclasm.
Only fragmentary wall-paintings remain from the rich mediaeval artistic heritage, after the wholesale iconoclasm of the Calvinist Reformation of the 16th century.
Only when Basel's reformers turned to iconoclasm in the later 1520s did his freedom and income as a religious artist suffer.
Common combinations with iconoclasm
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- iconoclasm and 4×
- iconoclasm slam 3×
- of iconoclasm 3×
- iconoclasm of 3×
- to iconoclasm 3×
- an iconoclasm 2×
- the iconoclasm 2×
- iconoclasm in 2×