> iconclast

iconoclast
noun
1 a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions.
2 a destroyer of images used in religious worship, in particular • historical a supporter of the 8th- and 9th-century movement in the Byzantine Church that sought to abolish the veneration of icons and other religious images.
• historical a Puritan of the 16th or 17th century.

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