Iconoclast vs Outcast - What's the difference?
iconoclast | outcast |
One who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the Orthodox Church in the 8th and 9th centuries, or a Puritan during the European Reformation.
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One who opposes orthodoxy and religion; one who adheres to the doctrine of iconoclasm.
* 2008 The Handbook of Texas Online , William Cowper Brann , Texas State Historical Association, Austin [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/fbr23.html]:
One who attacks cherished beliefs.
To cast out; to banish.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.1:
That has been cast out; banished, ostracized.
* Longfellow
As nouns the difference between iconoclast and outcast
is that iconoclast is one who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the orthodox church in the 8th and 9th centuries, or a puritan during the european reformation while outcast is one that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah.As a verb outcast is
to cast out; to banish.As an adjective outcast is
that has been cast out; banished, ostracized.iconoclast
English
Noun
(en noun)- In February 1895 he [William Cowper Brann, 1855-1898 ] revived publication of the Iconoclast . This time it was successful and eventually attained a circulation of 100,000. Brann took obvious relish in directing his stinging attacks upon institutions and persons he considered to be hypocritical or overly sanctimonious.
Antonyms
* iconoduleSee also
* antichrist * rebel * radical * dissenter * contrarian ----outcast
English
Verb
- All as a blazing starre doth farre outcast / His hearie beames, and flaming lockes dispredd [...].
Adjective
(en adjective)- Outcast , rejected.
