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iconophobic

UK/ʌɪkɒnəˈfəʊbɪk/

iconophobic adjective: disliking or opposing images, especially religious icons.

Adjective

iconophobic (comparative more iconophobic, superlative most iconophobic)

  1. Disliking or opposing images, especially religious icons.
    • Although nothing came of the scheme, it is one reminder among many that Protestants might hate idolatrous Spanish Catholics more than they did iconophobic Muslims.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 717

Forms of iconophobic

comparativemore iconophobic
superlativemost iconophobic

Origin of iconophobic

From icono- + -phobic.

Questions about iconophobic

What does iconophobic mean?
Iconophobic means disliking or opposing images, especially religious icons.
What part of speech is iconophobic?
Iconophobic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce iconophobic?
Iconophobic is pronounced /ʌɪkɒnəˈfəʊbɪk/ (UK).

Words near iconophobic in the dictionary

  1. iconophilists
  2. iconophily
  3. iconophobe
  4. iconophobes
  5. iconophobia
  6. iconophobic
  7. iconoplast
  8. iconoplasts
  9. iconoscope
  10. iconoscopes
  11. iconostas

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