anathematize
verb (used with object)
to pronounce an anathema against; denounce; curse.
anathematization
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a word derived from
anathematize.
Example Sentences
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The Buena Vista, while being guilty on all counts, was saved from anathematization by a perceptible sense of structure and grip.
From Forbes ● Oct. 26, 2014
Venerable parent promptly resorts to anathematization, and turns him out.
From Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
As an executive he evoked intense admiration and virulent dislike; the Board of Trustees and the alumni body were alike divided between enthusiastic support and bitter anathematization of the measures he proposed.
From Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. by Charles Seymour
