Anathema

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A formal ecclesiastical ban, curse, or excommunication.
  • n. A vehement denunciation; a curse: "the sound of a witch's anathemas in some unknown tongue” ( Nathaniel Hawthorne).
  • n. One that is cursed or damned.
  • n. One that is greatly reviled, loathed, or shunned: "Essentialism—a belief in natural, immutable sex differences—is anathema to postmodernists, for whom sexuality itself, along with gender, is a 'social construct'” ( Wendy Kaminer).
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; denunciation of anything as accursed.
  • n. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
  • n. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed.
  • n. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
  • n. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A person or thing held to be accursed or devoted to damnation or destruction.
  • n. A curse or denunciation pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, involving excommunication.
  • n. Hence Any imprecation of divine punishment; a curse; an execration.
  • n. Anything devoted to religious uses.
  • n. A phrase, properly two separate words (see etymology), occurring in the following passage, where it is popularly regarded (and hence sometimes elsewhere used) as an intenser form of anathema.
  • n. Synonyms and Curse, Execration, etc. See malediction.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  • n. a detested person
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    curse    execration    condemnation    unpleasant person    disagreeable person   
    Cross Reference
    abjuratory anathema    bête noire   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    imprecation    curse    malediction   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    malediction    excommunication    proscription    imprecation    interdict   
     
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