as in deviation
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Examples Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of iconoclasm
Linklater hasn’t always seemed comfortable making studio films — indeed, producer Scott Rudin had to talk him into directing this one — but School of Rock threads the needle beautifully between Linklater’s slacker iconoclasm and immensely satisfying general-audiences entertainment.
—
Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 June 2024
Fashion’s instinctual reaction to moments like this one is to retract and revert to the tried-and-true, and few of Owens’s peers have his instincts for iconoclasm.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2024
Missing masterpieces For as long as humans have been making art, natural disasters, the ravages of time, theft and iconoclasm have threatened their creations’ survival.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
But a mixture of iconoclasm, old-fashioned authority, and a willingness to express ambivalence, even at the risk of annoying people, has been part of her appeal from the start.
—Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
See all Example Sentences for iconoclasm 
Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 June 2024
Fashion’s instinctual reaction to moments like this one is to retract and revert to the tried-and-true, and few of Owens’s peers have his instincts for iconoclasm.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2024
Missing masterpieces For as long as humans have been making art, natural disasters, the ravages of time, theft and iconoclasm have threatened their creations’ survival.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
But a mixture of iconoclasm, old-fashioned authority, and a willingness to express ambivalence, even at the risk of annoying people, has been part of her appeal from the start.
—Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
See all Example Sentences for iconoclasm
Recent Examples of Synonyms for iconoclasm
Noun
-
There may be slight deviations from the podcast audio.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
-
Transcriptions of episodes of the Outside Podcast are created with a mix of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain some grammatical errors or slight deviations from the audio.Outside Online, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
-
For thousands of years, mental illness could only be explained by supernatural forces or moral deviance.Celia Ford, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
-
Out of the Card Catalog Closet Librarians gathered in 1970 to challenge Library of Congress classifications and catalog subject headings that aligned homosexuality with deviance.JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
Noun
-
Snuffer is a lawyer who lives in Utah and was excommunicated from the LDS Church in 2013 for apostasy.Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
-
This is the apostasy of the age, refusing to give these spiritually lost characters their proper complexity.Armond White, National Review, 8 May 2024
Noun
-
In New York, the schism between boss Chickie and underboss Vince widens.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
-
Thompson said that the pope has contributed to a major schism among Catholics, with more conservative members dismissing his progressive stances on LGBTQ rights and the environment and more liberal members calling him out for not shifting the church's stance on reproductive rights.Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2024
Noun
-
Despite moments of discord, ties between North Korea and China are resilient.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
-
The old notes of downfall, discord, despair, no longer resonate.Judy Kurtz, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
Thesaurus Entries Near iconoclasm
Cite this Entry
“Iconoclasm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iconoclasm. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share