iconomachy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Hostility to images as objects of worship.

Word forms

iconomachy

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εἰκονομαχία (eikonomakhía), from εἰκών (eikṓn, "likeness, image, portrait") and -μαχία (-makhía, "battle, fight"), literally meaning "war against images" or "war on icons".

Derived words

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.