iconoclasm
noun
icon·o·clasm
ī-ˈkä-nə-ˌkla-zəm 
: the doctrine, practice, or attitude of an iconoclast
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Over its past decade, no leader of Signal has embodied that iconoclasm as visibly as Meredith Whittaker.
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Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2024
Linklater hasn’t always seemed comfortable making studio films — indeed, producer Scott Rudin had to talk him into directing this one — but School of Rock threads the needle beautifully between Linklater’s slacker iconoclasm and immensely satisfying general-audiences entertainment.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 June 2024
Fashion’s instinctual reaction to moments like this one is to retract and revert to the tried-and-true, and few of Owens’s peers have his instincts for iconoclasm.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2024
Missing masterpieces For as long as humans have been making art, natural disasters, the ravages of time, theft and iconoclasm have threatened their creations’ survival.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
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Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2024
Linklater hasn’t always seemed comfortable making studio films — indeed, producer Scott Rudin had to talk him into directing this one — but School of Rock threads the needle beautifully between Linklater’s slacker iconoclasm and immensely satisfying general-audiences entertainment.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 June 2024
Fashion’s instinctual reaction to moments like this one is to retract and revert to the tried-and-true, and few of Owens’s peers have his instincts for iconoclasm.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2024
Missing masterpieces For as long as humans have been making art, natural disasters, the ravages of time, theft and iconoclasm have threatened their creations’ survival.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
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“Iconoclasm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iconoclasm. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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