iconoclastic

adjective

Definition of iconoclasticnext
as in dissident
deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices the book offers iconoclastic and irreverent portraits of some of history's most sacred cows

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for iconoclastic
  1. dissident
  2. unconventional
  3. dissenting
  4. out-there
  5. heretical
Adjective
  • The capacity of civil society to serve as a place where dissident voices can speak out is fundamental to democratic freedom.
    Johann Neem / Made by History, TIME, 2 Jan. 2025
  • As a young adult, Mr. Kara-Murza remained active in both journalism and politics in Russia, working alongside Mr. Nemtsov and producing a documentary series about the Soviet dissident movement.
    Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of dissident
Adjective
  • There, unconventional thinkers took advantage of a collapsing market.
    William Mullane, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Many albums and side projects later, aren’t the Strokes due a multi-track overview that takes us through their unconventional career?
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of unconventional
Adjective
  • In the dissenting view, the star collapses to the edge of the event horizon and then hovers there, or rebounds and explodes.
    Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2015
  • The document runs to more than a hundred and fifty pages, and for each question there are affirmative and dissenting studies, as well as some that indicate mixed results.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 3 June 2022
Definition of dissenting
Adjective
  • As far as more out-there collaborators go, how did the tape with Surf Gang happen?
    Mano Sundaresan, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
  • This will be the Mortal Fools’ third gig ever, again at Evanston SPACE — an out-there booking for a venue whose 2025 talent so far includes Emmylou Harris and Josh Rouse.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of out-there
Adjective
  • Al-Assad was part of the Alawite community, a group seen as heretical by some opposition fighters.
    Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Cities Start to Question an American Ideal: A House With a Yard on Every Lot Single-family zoning is practically gospel in America, but a number of officials across the country are starting to make seemingly heretical moves. Sept. 2019 56.
    The Upshot Staff, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024
Definition of heretical
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