Aniconist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Aniconist is a noun meaning A proponent of aniconism.
Meaning
A proponent of aniconism.
More Meanings
- Pertaining to aniconism.
Example Sentences
According to the aniconists, images idolize the world and blind the eyes from being able to look beyond the world and focus on the creator.
Needless to say, figural expression about, and emerging from, a Muslim cultural context do not necessarily address, negotiate, or react to, aniconist claims.
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.
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.
Word Forms
- aniconists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aniconism, iconodule, iconophilist, iconolater, iconoclast, anticlericalist.
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