iconomachy

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek εἰκονομαχία (eikonomakhía), from εἰκών (eikṓn, "likeness, image, portrait") and -μαχία (-makhía, "battle, fight"), literally meaning "war against images" or "war on icons". === Noun === iconomachy (uncountable) Hostility to images as objects of worship. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “iconomachy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.