Etymology

onomatoclast

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Today it means: An opponent of onomatodoxy. Full definition →

Medieval Greek κλάω
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  1. Medieval Greek · derived fromκλάω“to break”
  2. English todayonomatoclast

From onomato- (back-formation from onomatodoxy) + -clast, by analogy with iconoclast, from Medieval Greek κλάω (kláō, “to break”).

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