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iconoclast

/ahy-kon-uh-klast/US // aɪˈkɒn əˌklæst //UK // (aɪˈkɒnəˌklæst) //

偶像派,偶像派人士,偶像派人物,叛逆者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition.
    • : a breaker or destroyer of images, especially those set up for religious veneration.

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Examples

  • His public persona as a cultural renegade, an incorrigible iconoclast and social rebel hugged the headlines.

  • Above all, it captures an iconoclast who was, nevertheless, really good at working within the showbiz system.

  • Bridgewater insiders are concerned that the firm lost its way as Dalio cultivated his iconoclast image, hit the Davos circuit and published his 2017 best-seller, “Principles,” his rules for life and business.

  • A committed iconoclast, jazz-lover and friend of Ronald Reagan, Hayakawa defeated Democratic incumbent John V. Tunney.

  • Washington insider and defiant iconoclast, a rotund blast from the Clinton-era past running as the candidate of radical change.

  • Paul Flynn talks to the fashion iconoclast about nudity, sex appeal, and what she wore to her divorce.

  • Paul Flynn talks to the fashion iconoclast about nudity, sex appeal and what she wore to her divorce.

  • Concerned and kind, he was also the ultimate risk taker, an iconoclast with an edgy, hard charging quality about him.

  • "This is the blankest, rummiest blank go ever I was in," muttered the would-be iconoclast.

  • The inspired gentleman put the problem as a knotty one, and begged the assistance of the clever Iconoclast.

  • But Gano shrank from the sound and fury of the iconoclast as much as from his more coherently expressed doctrines.

  • The iconoclast of to-day is full of scorn for patriotism, which he holds the most retrograde of emotions.

  • He was an iconoclast, seldom went to church, and was entirely lacking in reverence.