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Meaning of "aniconic" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ANICONIC

From an- + iconic.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ANICONIC

aniconic  [ˌænaɪˈkɒnɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANICONIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Aniconic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ANICONIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

aniconic

Aniconism

Aniconism is the practice of or belief in the avoiding or shunning of images of divine beings, prophets or other respected religious figures, or in different manifestations, any human beings or living creatures. The term aniconic may be used to describe the absence of graphic representations in a particular belief system, regardless of whether an injunction against them exists. The word itself derives from Greek εἰκών 'image' with the negative prefix an- and the suffix -ism. Aniconism in religion is presented in greater detail in separate articles.

Definition of aniconic in the English dictionary

The definition of aniconic in the dictionary is not portrayed in a human or animal form.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANICONIC


aniseikonic
ˌænaɪsaɪˈkɒnɪk
bionic
baɪˈɒnɪk
chronic
ˈkrɒnɪk
cinchonic
sɪŋˈkɒnɪk
conic
ˈkɒnɪk
draconic
dreɪˈkɒnɪk
electronic
ɪlɛkˈtrɒnɪk
glyconic
ɡlaɪˈkɒnɪk
harmonic
hɑːˈmɒnɪk
iconic
aɪˈkɒnɪk
ionic
aɪˈɒnɪk
ironic
aɪˈrɒnɪk
iseikonic
ˌaɪsɪˈkɒnɪk
laconic
ləˈkɒnɪk
meconic
mɪˈkɒnɪk
obconic
ɒbˈkɒnɪk
sonic
ˈsɒnɪk
tonic
ˈtɒnɪk
ultrasonic
ˌʌltrəˈsɒnɪk
zirconic
zɜːˈkɒnɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANICONIC

ani
Aniakchak
anicca
aniconism
aniconist
anicut
anidrosis
anigh
anight
anil
anile
anilin
anilinctus
aniline
aniline dye
anilingus
anility
anim.
anima
animacy

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANICONIC

anionic
azonic
cationic
colonic
demonic
embryonic
hadronic
hyaluronic
hydronic
hydroponic
hypotonic
masonic
Napoleonic
optoelectronic
philharmonic
Platonic
polyphonic
supersonic
tectonic
Tiptronic

Synonyms and antonyms of aniconic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «aniconic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANICONIC

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The translations of aniconic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «aniconic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

aniconic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

anicónica
570 millions of speakers

English

aniconic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

aniconic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

aniconic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

aniconic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aniconic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

aniconic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aniconiques
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Aniconic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

anikonischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

aniconic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

aniconic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Aniconic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

aniconic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

aniconic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Aniconic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

betimsiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aniconica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

aniconic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

aniconic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aniconice
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανεικονική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aniconic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

aniconic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

aniconic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of aniconic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANICONIC»

The term «aniconic» is used very little and occupies the 155.784 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANICONIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about aniconic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANICONIC»

Discover the use of aniconic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to aniconic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Before and Beyond the Image: Aniconic Symbolism in Buddhist Art
This discrepancy between the practical, ritual functions of the work of art and concepts of ultimate sanctity, Seckel suggests, has affected Buddhist arts throughout Asia, particularly those of the Meditation School (Chan, or Zen) in China ...
Dietrich Seckel, Helmut Brinker, John M. Rosenfield, 2004
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Imagining Jewish Art: Encounters with the Masters in ...
The aniconic disregards it, the iconic demotes it, the iconoclastic subverts or breaks it'.73 Aniconic representation, contends Julius, seeks to enlist representation in order to gesture, paradoxically, towards the unrepresentable.74 But while ...
Aaron Rosen, 2009
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Death, Trust, & Society: Mapping Religion & Culture
Why. "Aniconic. Monotheism". Attracted. Some. Pagans. to. Judaism. in. the. Time . of. Saint. Paul. John Dominic Crossan, the foremost Jesus scholar of our time, recently joined with Jonathan L. Reed, a distinguished archeologist of ...
Lionel Rothkrug, 2006
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Hail Orisha!: A Phenomenology of a West African Religion in ...
D. THE ICONIC IMAGE The aniconic image, which stresses the unlikeness of the divine to the human, is, as we have just seen, plainly evident to the external observers of the orisa cults in the nineteenth century. Yet references we have ...
Peter Rutherford McKenzie, 1997
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The Religion of Ancient Israel
evidence toward the assumption that the aniconic tendency was an early phenomenon in ancient Israel." There is a marked contrast in the movement from Late Bronze Age sites (plate 1), where male and female images are common, to Iron ...
Patrick D. Miller, 2000
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Representation in Religion: Studies in Honour of Moshe Barasch
THE 'ICONIC' AND 'ANICONIC' BUDDHA VISUALIZATION IN MEDIEVAL CHINESE BUDDHISM KOICHI SHINOHARA In this paper I will examine the practice of Buddha visualization in medieval Chinese Buddhism and examine how the ...
Moshé Barash, Jan Assmann, Albert I. Baumgarten, 2001
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The Variety of Local Religious Life in the Near East: In the ...
I will demonstrate that the aniconic and iconic as well as semi-iconic coexisted in the cultic sphere of pagan religions of the Near East. Thus, the current model does not correspond with the existing evidence, and each class of monuments ...
Ted Kaizer, 2008
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Deuteronomy and the Meaning of "Monotheism"
20.4), which would provide a plural subject for 20.5, creating a distinction between the first and second commandments (SCHMIDT, Aniconic, 79-80). 3 ZIMMERLI, Gebot. The solutions that modern scholars have offered to the question.
Nathan MacDonald, 2012
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Thamyris Mythmaking from the Past to Present
Our understanding of the way these allegedly aniconic reliefs function is usually attributed to Foucher.3 "Aniconism", however, is not a term Foucher himself uses to describe his theory. His 1911 essay in the Journal Asiatique contains the ...
Nanny M. W. de Vries, Jan Best
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The Buddha Image: Its Origin and Development
14), 42, 49, 114, 121 Buddha's Life events: Conception of Maya, aniconic 2 (ill. la ); Birth (Delivery) , aniconic 3 (ill. 2a) , iconic 3 (ills 2b, c),89 (ill. 37a); The Great Departure or Renunciation (mahabhiniskramana), aniconic 4 (ill. 3a), iconic 4 (ills  ...
Yuvraj Krishan, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANICONIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term aniconic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Before Charlie Hebdo: The Cartoon Wars
They pointed to the incendiary title headline, which purposefully challenged the aniconic beliefs of many Muslims. They also reminded ... «PopMatters, Jun 15»
2
Blasphemy and Desecration: Keeping the Peace in a Pluralistic World
... Insults to Mohammed, because certain interpretations of the hadith are rigidly aniconic, associating depictions of Mohammed with idolatry. «Patheos, May 15»
3
Timelapse: How Art Handlers Move an Ancient 724-Pound …
It has been suggested that the empty throne depicted on one side of the stele is an aniconic reference to the Buddha and that the stele should ... «Asia Society, Mar 15»
4
The limits of blasphemy
In contrast, some Islamic, Jewish and Christian sects are aniconic, eschewing any representations of deities, holy people or, sometimes, any ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Jan 15»
5
1974 | After Showing an Image of the Prophet, The Times Apologized
... time and place, ranging from totally aniconic — no images of people or animals — to entirely accepting of figural imagery in secular settings. «New York Times, Jan 15»
6
Finding some Islamic truths in Charlie Hebdo's cartoons: How a …
Most Europeans (and Americans) have no clue about the religious aspects of the aniconic tradition in Islam (and Judaism) that prohibits ... «Washington Post, Jan 15»
7
'Right to offend' does not require journalists to offend
First of all, non-Muslims need to recognise that Islam (especially Sunni Islam) is a deeply aniconic religion: it shuns religious pictures as part of ... «Irish Times, Jan 15»
8
The Koran does not forbid images of the Prophet
While Islam has been described as a faith that is largely aniconic—i.e., that tends to avoid images—figural imagery has nevertheless been a ... «Raw Story, Jan 15»
9
Teary-eyed first day of school....and that's just mum!
Seeing your grown-up little person intheir brand- new, oversized, school uniform on the first day of school is aniconic milestone for many ... «Bristol Post, Sep 14»
10
Sun, sea and tragic wisdom
... 6th or 7th centuries; fragments of 9th-century aniconic decoration; an 11th-century Annunciation executed with a particularly “graceful” hand. «Financial Times, Sep 14»

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