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Iconoclasm vs Iconolatry - What's the difference?

iconoclasm | iconolatry |

As nouns the difference between iconoclasm and iconolatry

is that iconoclasm is the belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually with religious or political motives while iconolatry is the worship of s as symbols.

iconoclasm

English

Noun

  • The belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually with religious or political motives.

    • Antonyms

    * iconodulism

    Related terms

    * iconoclast * iconoclastic

    See also

    * (l)

    References

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    iconolatry

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The worship of images as symbols.

    • Usage notes

    * Distinguished from (idolatry), the worship of images themselves. (Webster 1913)