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anathema
[ uh-nath-uh-muh ]
/ ÉËnÊΞ É mÉ /
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noun, plural a·nath·e·mas.
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.
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Origin of anathema
1520â30; <Latin <Greek: a thing accursed, devoted to evil, originally devoted, equivalent to ana(ti)thĂ©(nai) to set up + -ma noun suffix
Words nearby anathema
anat., anata, anatabine, anatase, anatexis, anathema, anathematic, anathematize, anatine, Anatol, Anatolia
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British Dictionary definitions for anathema
anathema
/ (ÉËnÊΞÉmÉ) /
noun plural -mas
a detested person or thinghe 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
Word Origin for anathema
C16: via Church Latin from Greek: something accursed, dedicated (to evil), from anatithenai to dedicate, from ana- + tithenai to set
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