Iconoclasm is the forceful opposition to the worship of inanimate representations, religious icons, and other symbols, or monuments. The word in time came to mean the opposition to institutional inertia in one's own culture, usually for religious or political motives. It is a frequent component of major political or religious changes. The term does not generally encompass the specific destruction of images of a ruler after his death or overthrow .
Iconoclasm is the forceful opposition to the worship of inanimate representations, religious icons, and other symbols, or monuments. The word in time came to mean the opposition to institutional inertia in one's own culture, usually for religious or political motives. It is a frequent component of major political or religious changes. The term does not generally encompass the specific destruction of images of a ruler after his death or overthrow ....