| 釋義 |
iconoclast /ai'konsklaest; ai'kana/klaest/ n person who took part in the movement against the use of images in religious worship in the churches of Eastern Europe in the 8th and 9th cc (also applied to Puritans in England, 17th c); (fig) person who attacks popular beliefs or established customs which he thinks mistaken or unwise. (第八、丸世紀東歐教會中)反對崇拜偶像者(亦指十七世紀英國的清教徒); (喻)抨擊一般信仰與既定習俗者。 |