Why this word is great
EIDOLOCLAST — [Noun] One who demolishes idols. From the Greek eidōlon ("image, idol") and -clast ("breaker"). Unlike "iconoclast" (which suggests a broader cultural rebellion) or "idoloclast" (an archaic Latin hybrid), "eidoloclast" is surgical in its precision—the shattering of images, not just ideas. It is the hammer swung at the marble knee of a forgotten god, the chisel splitting the gilded face of a tyrant’s statue, or the quiet dissolution of a childhood hero’s portrait in the acid of time. To break an idol is to admit it was never sacred, only stone.