anathema (redirected from anathemas)

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 [əˈnæθəmə]

n pl -mas

1. a detested person or thing he is anathema to me

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a formal ecclesiastical curse of excommunication or a formal denunciation of a doctrine

3. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) the person or thing so cursed

4. a strong curse; imprecation

[via Church Latin from Greek: something accursed, dedicated (to evil), from anatithenai to dedicate, from ana- + tithenai to set]

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 Violence was anathema to them.

Translations

anathema [əˈnæθɪmə] N

1. (Rel) → anatema m

2. (fig) he is anathema to me → no lo puedo ver, para mí es inaguantable
the idea is anathema to her → para ella la idea es una abominación, la idea le resulta odiosa

anathema [əˈnæθəmə] n → anathème m
to be anathema to sb
It is anathema to him → Il a cela en abomination.

anathema

n (Eccl) → Anathema (form) nt, → Kirchenbann m; (fig, no art) → ein Gräuel m; voting Labour was anathema to them → der Gedanke, Labour zu wählen, war ihnen ein Gräuel

anathema [əˈnæθɪmə] n (Rel) (fig) → anatema m
it is anathema to him → non ne vuol neanche sentir parlare