iconoclasm in English

noun
1
the action of attacking or assertively rejecting cherished beliefs and institutions or established values and practices.
Elite law schools cherish robust debate, iconoclasm , and arguing issues from all sides, right?
2
the rejection or destruction of religious images as heretical; the doctrine of iconoclasts.
The staff stands for Aaron and his power without mimetically representing him, as the painting seems paradoxically to observe the Hebraic ethos of iconoclasm that the Jewish leader first violated.

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1. 28 The fate of the monastic libraries serves in popular imagination as a classic example of mindless iconoclasm.

2. All the images were taken down. And though the angels came down from heaven so it was said and beat the impious emperors, the iconoclasm continued.

3. 1 day ago · GHENT, Belgium—Artist Jan Van Eyck’s giant 15th-century Ghent Altarpiece has survived centuries of turmoil through two world wars, 16th-century iconoclasm and theft

4. 1 day ago · The Altarpiece was recognised as a revolutionary masterpiece from the start, but over the centuries suffered vandalism, iconoclasm (including the dismantling of its original ornate frame) and theft.