Iconoclasm - Iconoclasm

Japanese: 偶像破壊 - ぐうぞうはかい

〘noun〙① A Christian enlightenment movement that sought to destroy the customs of idolatry. It was particularly active in Europe in the 8th and 9th centuries. It also generally refers to the elimination of the tendency to worship idols as objects of faith. [Revised and expanded Shinrashii Kotoba no Jiten (1919)]② By extension, the denial and belittling of idolatrous worldly authority. *Gakusei to Kyoyo (1936) (edited by Suzuki Toshisada) The Significance of Biographies as Education for Students (Tsurumi Yusuke) 6 "The point is to expose many of the weaknesses of the protagonist in the biography and create a so-called iconoclastic biography."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 偶像崇拝の風習をうち破ろうとするキリスト教の啓蒙運動。特に、八、九世紀、ヨーロッパで盛んに行なわれた。また、一般的に、偶像を信仰の対象として崇める傾向を排除すること。〔訂正増補新らしい言葉の字引（1919）〕② 転じて、偶像的に崇められている世間的な権威を否定し、おとしめること。※学生と教養（1936）〈鈴木利貞編〉伝記の学生に対する教養としての意義〈鶴見祐輔〉六「却って伝記の主人公の弱点を多く晒露して、所謂偶像破壊的伝記を作ることである」

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