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blasphemy

[ blas-fuh-mee ]

noun

plural blasphemies.
  1. impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. Judaism.
    1. an act of cursing or reviling God.
    2. pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton (YHWH) in the original, now forbidden manner instead of using a substitute pronunciation such as Adonai.
  3. Theology. the crime of assuming to oneself the rights or qualities of God.
  4. irreverent behavior toward anything held sacred, priceless, etc.:

    He uttered blasphemies against life itself.



blasphemy

/ ˈ²ú±ôæ²õ´Úɪ³¾Éª /

noun

  1. blasphemous behaviour or language
  2. Also calledblasphemous libel law the crime committed if a person insults, offends, or vilifies the deity, Christ, or the Christian religion
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²Ô´Ç²Ô·²ú±ô²¹²õp³ó±ð·³¾²â noun plural nonblasphemies
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of blasphemy1

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English blasphemie, from Late Latin ²ú±ô²¹²õ±è³óŧ³¾¾±²¹, from Greek, equivalent to blasphem(ous) + -y 3
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The court said her comments could disrupt "public order" and "religious harmony" in society, and charged her with committing blasphemy.

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Putting secular documents together with the Holy Bible is technically an act of blasphemy.

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In that climate, publicly denouncing a man for blasphemy was tantamount to designating a terrorist target, prosecutors will argue.

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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.

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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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