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iconomachy

iconomachy noun: hostility to images as objects of worship.

Noun

iconomachy (uncountable)

  1. Hostility to images as objects of worship.

Origin of iconomachy

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".

Words formed from iconomachy

Questions about iconomachy

What does iconomachy mean?
Iconomachy means hostility to images as objects of worship.
What part of speech is iconomachy?
Iconomachy is a noun.

Words near iconomachy in the dictionary

  1. iconomachal
  2. iconomachic
  3. iconomachist
  4. iconomachists
  5. iconomachs
  6. iconomachy
  7. iconomania
  8. iconomatic
  9. iconomatically
  10. iconomatography
  11. iconometer

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