iconoclastic

adjective

Definition of iconoclasticnext
as in dissident
deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices the book offers iconoclastic and irreverent portraits of some of history's most sacred cows

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for iconoclastic
  1. dissident
  2. unconventional
  3. dissenting
  4. out-there
  5. heretical
Adjective
  • Cuban dissident artist and activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, who is currently jailed in Havana, has invited attendees of the upcoming Havana Biennial to visit him in prison as a part of an art project, the Art Newspaper reported Monday.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
  • With the Iranian film shot entirely in secret, the teaser for the dissident Iranian filmmaker’s Cannes Special Jury Prize winner centers on a family thrust into the public eye when its patriarch, Iman (Misagh Zare) is named as an investigating judge in Tehran.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of dissident
Adjective
  • This unconventional column is based on value pluralism — the idea that each of us has multiple values that are equally valid but that often conflict with each other.
    Sigal Samuel, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Reisman was known to be unconventional in the sport, yet won two U.S. Men’s Singles Championships in 1958 and 1960 and more than 20 international and national titles.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of unconventional
Adjective
  • In the dissenting view, the star collapses to the edge of the event horizon and then hovers there, or rebounds and explodes.
    Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2015
  • The document runs to more than a hundred and fifty pages, and for each question there are affirmative and dissenting studies, as well as some that indicate mixed results.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 3 June 2022
Definition of dissenting
Adjective
  • Wiles' TikTok account, with more than 60,000 followers, features skits of Vance with thick eyeliner and touting out-there political suggestions.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Both filmmakers and composers thrive on raising the out-there bar on one another, resulting in the alternate grunt track.
    Scott Huver, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of out-there
Adjective
  • Thirst won the Jury Prize at Cannes and was nominated for the Palme d’Or, which is some great prestige for this heretical South Korean horror drama.
    Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Both of them viewed Christianity and Judaism as so alike that each faith might view the other as a heretical version of its own teachings.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of heretical
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