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Iconoclast
/aɪˈkɑːnəˌklæst/ noun hardA person who challenges or attacks widely accepted beliefs, traditions, or institutions.
The young architect was an iconoclast, rejecting every convention of the style she had been trained in.
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Breaks into Greek roots for 'icon' (a sacred image) and 'clast' (to break, as in geology's 'clastic' rock) — an iconoclast literally smashes icons, and figuratively smashes cherished ideas.