ANATHEMA Definition & Meaning

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anathema

[ uh-nath-uh-muh ]

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noun

plural anathemas.

a person or thing detested or loathed:
That subject is anathema to him.
a person or thing accursed or consigned to damnation or destruction.
a formal ecclesiastical curse involving excommunication.
any imprecation of divine punishment.
a curse; execration.

anathema

/ əˈ��æθə��ə /

noun

a detested person or thing
he is anathema to me
a formal ecclesiastical curse of excommunication or a formal denunciation of a doctrine
the person or thing so cursed
a strong curse; imprecation

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of anathema¹

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin, from Greek: “a thing accursed, devoted to evil,” originally “devoted,” from ��Բ�(�پ�)�ٳ�é(�Բ��) “to set up” + -ma, noun suffix

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�y��vlog 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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That mentality is anathema to the incoming Trump administration, and Estrada acknowledged that politics in Washington are more “partisan” that ever.

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