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iconoclast

[ahy-kon-uh-klast] / aɪˈkɒn əˌklæst /


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Frank Dikötter is an iconoclast historian who immerses himself in the primary sources more thoroughly than any other Western scholar of 20th-century China.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

The 86-year-old iconoclast is now sought after by corporations as a consultant.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2025

He was reverent and rude, a very knowledgeable man and an iconoclast, smalltown and metropolitan at the same time.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2023

She’s an eco-vengeance iconoclast who loves coyote pee and running at manic speeds.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2023

But Wagner wasn't the only composer who was guilty of creating unnecessary clutter in the eyes of an iconoclast like Satie.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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