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blasphemy
[ blas-fuh-mee ]
noun
- impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.
Synonyms: , ,
- Judaism.
- an act of cursing or reviling God.
- pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton (YHWH) in the original, now forbidden manner instead of using a substitute pronunciation such as Adonai.
- Theology. the crime of assuming to oneself the rights or qualities of God.
- irreverent behavior toward anything held sacred, priceless, etc.:
He uttered blasphemies against life itself.
blasphemy
/ ˈ²ú±ôæ²õ´Úɪ³¾Éª /
noun
- blasphemous behaviour or language
- Also calledblasphemous libel law the crime committed if a person insults, offends, or vilifies the deity, Christ, or the Christian religion
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²Ô´Ç²Ô·²ú±ô²¹²õp³ó±ð·³¾²â noun plural nonblasphemies
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of blasphemy1
Example Sentences
The court said her comments could disrupt "public order" and "religious harmony" in society, and charged her with committing blasphemy.
Putting secular documents together with the Holy Bible is technically an act of blasphemy.
In that climate, publicly denouncing a man for blasphemy was tantamount to designating a terrorist target, prosecutors will argue.
Blasphemy accusations are common in Pakistan and under the country’s blasphemy laws, anyone found guilty of insulting Islam or Islamic religious figures can be sentenced to death.
Think about it, I was also told by that person, mainly to prevent me from reflexively slapping them for suggesting such blasphemy.
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