イコノクラスム

noun

iconoclasm

Refers to the rejection or destruction of religious images or, by extension, the challenging of established beliefs and traditions. Often used in historical, artistic, or philosophical contexts.

from French iconoclasme

See also: 偶像破壊

• ビザンティン帝てい国こくのイコノクラスムは、宗しゅう教きょう美び術じゅつに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

  The iconoclasm of the Byzantine Empire had a major impact on religious art.

• 彼かれの思し想そうは、伝でん統とう的てきな価か値ち観かんに対たいするイコノクラスムと言いえる。

  His ideas can be described as iconoclasm against traditional values.