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aniconist

aniconist noun: a proponent of aniconism.

Noun

aniconist (plural aniconists)

  1. A proponent of aniconism.
    • As can be legitimately surmised the aniconists must have rejected those texts which to them appeared to support Iconolatory, but from the point of view of the evolution of Jaina thought the texts rejected by them deserve as serious notice as those accepted by them.1971, Krishna Kumar Dixit, Jaina Ontology, page 2
    • But idolatry means more than iconism. It is a polemical term which expresses a strong cultural/religious abomination and anxiety. With the term "idolatry," the "aniconists" refer to the "iconists" as the group where the strongest menace resides.2009, Jan Assmann, Moses the Egyptian, →ISBN, page 42

Adjective

aniconist (comparative more aniconist, superlative most aniconist)

  1. Pertaining to aniconism.
    • Islam was as fanatically monotheist and aniconist as any Jew could desire, and the sensational successes of its devotees in the military — and soon also in the missionary — field gave Christendom something new to think about.1946, Arnold Toynbee, David Churchill Somervell, A Study of History: Abridgement of Vols I-VI
    • Needless to say, figural expression about, and emerging from, a Muslim cultural context do not necessarily address, negotiate, or react to, aniconist claims.2008, Lars Eckstein, Barbara Korte, Eva Ulrike Pirker, Multi-ethnic Britain 2000+:, →ISBN

Forms of aniconist

Noun
pluralaniconists
Adjective
comparativemore aniconist
superlativemost aniconist

Origin of aniconist

From an- + icon + -ist.

Questions about aniconist

What does aniconist mean?
Aniconist means a proponent of aniconism.
What part of speech is aniconist?
Aniconist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of aniconist?
The plural of aniconist is aniconists.

Words near aniconist in the dictionary

  1. Anick
  2. anicom
  3. anicoms
  4. aniconic
  5. aniconism
  6. aniconist
  7. aniconists
  8. anicteric
  9. anicut
  10. anicuts
  11. anidex

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