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Word: Anathema
Speech Type: Noun
early 16th century: from ecclesiastical Latin, ‘excommunicated person, excommunication’, from Greek anathema ‘thing dedicated’, (later) ‘thing devoted to evil, accursed thing’, from anatithenai ‘to set up’
əˈnaθɪmə
something or someone that one vehemently dislikes
Short Definition:something or someone that one vehemently dislikes
Examples:- racial hatred was anathema to her
- the usual norms of decorum are an anathema to him
a formal curse by a pope or a council of the Church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine
Short Definition:formal curse by pope or council of Church, excommunicating person or denouncing doctrine
Examples:- the Pope laid special emphasis on the second of these anathemas
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