ikonoklas

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch iconoclast, from French iconoclaste, from Byzantine Greek εἰκονοκλάστης (eikonoklástēs, literally “image breaker”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ikoˈnoklas/ [i.koˈnok̚.las]
  • Rhymes: -oklas
  • Syllabification: i‧ko‧nok‧las

Noun

ikonoklas (plural ikonoklas-ikonoklas)

  1. (Christianity) iconoclast: 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

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