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a·nath·e·ma
 anathema
- pronunciation:
nae
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noun |
| definition 1: |
something or someone despised or cursed.
She is an animal rights activist, and experimenting on animals is anathema to her.- synonyms:
- abomination, untouchable
- similar words:
- antipathy, bête noire, outcast
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| definition 2: |
a formal curse by ecclesiastic authority involving excommunication.
- synonyms:
- censure, denunciation, malediction
- similar words:
- condemnation, curse, damnation, fulmination, imprecation, proscription
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| definition 3: |
a person or thing condemned or damned.
- synonyms:
- abomination, untouchable
- similar words:
- excommunicate, leper, outcast
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| related words: |
taboo |
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