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Definition: ICONOCLASTS

Part of Speech Definition
Noun Plural 1. Plural inflection of the noun iconoclast.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun Base
(iconoclast)		 1. A destroyer of images used in religious worship.[Wordnet].
2. Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions.[Wordnet].
3. Someone who tries to destroy traditional ideas or institutions.[Wordnet].
4. A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship.[Websters].
5. One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.[Websters].

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Date "Iconoclasts" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1671. (references)

Specialty Definition: ICONOCLASTS

Domain Definition
Literature 1: Iconoclasts (Greek, "image breakers"). Reformers who rose in the eighth century, especially averse to the employment of pictures, statues, emblems, and all visible representations of sacred objects. The crusade against these things began in 726 with the Emperor Leo III., and continued for one hundred and twenty years. (Greek, ikon, an image; klao, I break.)
2: "The eighth century, the age of the Iconoclasts, had not been favourable to literature." - Isaac Taylor: The Alphabet, vol, ii. chap. viii. p. 159. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Topics by Level of Interest: ICONOCLASTS

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Iconoclasts (Sundance Channel) 7     Iconoclasts (Sundance Channel) 7

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).


Computed Synonyms: iconoclasts

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   4.1493   iconoclasts     icons     ikons, pictures, effigies, figures, pictograms   
 2   2.3092   iconoclasts     nonconformists     dissenters, sectarians, recusants, nonconformities, sectaries   
 3   2.2091   iconoclasts     recusants     refractories, recalcitrants, rebels, insurgents, nonconformists   
 4   2.1090   iconoclasts     rebels     riots, insurrectionists, rises, insubordinates, rebellions   
 5   1.2191   iconoclasts     insurgents     mutineers, insurrectionists, insubordinates, rioters, recalcitrants   
 6   1.2091   iconoclasts     abstracts     summaries, precises, abridgements, removes, excerpts   
 7   1.1192   iconoclasts     idolaters     worshippers, adorers, admirers, pagans, votaries   
 8   1.1191   iconoclasts     images     shapes, appearances, diagrams, countenances, forms   
 9   1.1091   iconoclasts     apostates     backsliders, perverts, deserters, traitors, betrayers   
 10   1.1090   iconoclasts     emblems     badges, marks, devices, types, characters   
 11   1.1090   iconoclasts     characters     characteristics, figures, types, kinds, shapes   
 12   1.1089   iconoclasts     effigies     pictures, portraits, figures, icons, representations   
 13   1.1089   iconoclasts     allegories     emblems, metaphors, images, badges, tokens   
 14   1.1089   iconoclasts     badges     emblems, decorations, characters, signals, indications   
 15   1.1088   iconoclasts     crucifixions     torments, tortures, pains, crucifixes, crossings   
--------------------     16 synonyms ranked from 16 to 31 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: ICONOCLASTS

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Central Danish ikonoklaster (iconoclasts). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Tai ผู้ทำลายรูปบูชา (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 偶像破坏者 (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 偶像破壞者 (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish ikonoklaster (iconoclasts). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk ikonoklaster (iconoclasts). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari بت شكن (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Bilderstürmern (iconoclasts), Bilderstürmerinnen (iconoclasts), Bilderstürmer (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch beeldenstormer (iconoclast, iconast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Français iconoclastes (iconoclasts). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
French iconoclastes (iconoclasts). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
German Bilderstürmern (iconoclasts), Bilderstürmerinnen (iconoclasts), Bilderstürmer (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek πολέμιοσ παραδεδεγμένων (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek (transliteration) polemios paradhedhegmenon (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew ץפנמ םילילא (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Bilderstürmern (iconoclasts), Bilderstürmerinnen (iconoclasts), Bilderstürmer (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Bilderstürmern (iconoclasts), Bilderstürmerinnen (iconoclasts), Bilderstürmer (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian iconoclasti (iconoclasts). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit ץפנמ םילילא (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 聖像破壊者 (iconoclasts). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Norwegian ikonoklaster (iconoclasts). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi بت شكن (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian بت شكن (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi) بت شكن (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Polish obrazoburca (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Polnisch obrazoburca (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Polski obrazoburca (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese iconoclastas (iconoclasts). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi ikonoklaster (iconoclasts). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Siamese ผู้ทำลายรูปบูชา (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland ikonoklaster (iconoclasts). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish iconoclastas (iconoclasts). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Standard Thai ผู้ทำลายรูปบูชา (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska ikonoklaster (iconoclasts). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish ikonoklaster (iconoclasts). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Thai ผู้ทำลายรูปบูชา (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Thaiklang ผู้ทำลายรูปบูชา (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish putkıran (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian ўконоборець (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Ukrainian, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian (transliteration) ўkonoboretsʹ (iconoclast, iconoclasts). Additional references: Ukrainian, iconoclasts. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). Top