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a·nath·e·ma  (-nth-m)

n. pl. a·nath·e·mas

1. A formal ecclesiastical ban, curse, or excommunication.

2. A vehement denunciation; a curse: "the sound of a witch's anathemas in some unknown tongue" Nathaniel Hawthorne.

3. One that is cursed or damned.

4. One that is greatly reviled, loathed, or shunned: "Essentialisma belief in natural, immutable sex differencesis anathema to postmodernists, for whom sexuality itself, along with gender, is a 'social construct'" Wendy Kaminer.

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[Late Latin anathema, doomed offering, accursed thing, from Greek, from anatithenai, anathe-, to dedicate : ana-, ana- + tithenai, to put; see dh- in Indo-European roots.]

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anathema [an-nath-im-a]

Noun

a detested person or thing: the very colour was anathema to him [Greek: something accursed]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	anathema - a detested person; "he is an anathema to me" bete noire disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
	2.	anathema - a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication curse, execration, condemnation - an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group

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anathema

noun abomination, bête noire, enemy, pariah, bane, bugbear

Translations

anathema [əˈnæθɪmə] n that is anathema to him → eso es pecado para él

anathema [əˈnæθɪmə] n it is anathema to him → il a cela en abomination

anathema [əˈnæθɪmə] n that is anathema to him → das ist ihm ein Gräuel

anathema [əˈnæθɪmə] n it is anathema to him → non ne vuol neanche sentir parlare