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anathema

[ uh-nath-uh-muh ]

noun

plural anathemas.
  1. a person or thing detested or loathed:

    That subject is anathema to him.

  2. a person or thing accursed or consigned to damnation or destruction.
  3. a formal ecclesiastical curse involving excommunication.
  4. any imprecation of divine punishment.
  5. a curse; execration.


anathema

/ 蓹藞苍忙胃蓹尘蓹 /

noun

  1. a detested person or thing

    he is anathema to me

  2. a formal ecclesiastical curse of excommunication or a formal denunciation of a doctrine
  3. the person or thing so cursed
  4. a strong curse; imprecation
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of anathema1

First recorded in 1520鈥30; from Latin, from Greek: 鈥渁 thing accursed, devoted to evil,鈥 originally 鈥渄evoted,鈥 from 补苍补(迟颈)迟丑茅(苍补颈) 鈥渢o set up鈥 + -ma, noun suffix
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of anathema1

C16: via Church Latin from Greek: something accursed, dedicated (to evil), from anatithenai to dedicate, from ana- + tithenai to set
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It鈥檚 all anathema to Tujunga鈥檚 history and reputation as a clean air community.

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He added that at this point "any compromise with a conservative party that continues to embrace Yoon will likely be seen as anathema".

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From the start of this war, Putin has demanded the "demilitarisation" of Ukraine, which is anathema to Kyiv and its allies.

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That mentality is anathema to the incoming Trump administration, and Estrada acknowledged that politics in Washington are more 鈥減artisan鈥 that ever.

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They are for ceding Ukraine to Russia, which would have been anathema to the Republican Party just a few years ago.

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