blasphemer
Americannoun
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a person who speaks irreverently of God or sacred things.
The 2nd-century Christian heretic Marcion was called an open blasphemer of God and corrupter of the Scriptures.
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a person who slanders or speaks evil of someone or something.
Scolding everything new has long been a hobby among the retrogrades, conservatives, and blasphemers of technological progress.
Etymology
Origin of blasphemer
First recorded in 1375–1425; from Middle French blashpemeur, from Old French blasphemere, from Late Latin blasphēmātor, from blasphēmāt(us) “spoken profanely” (past participle of blasphēmāre “to speak profanely”; see blaspheme ( def. )) + Latin -or -or 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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I mean the sentimentality of the poète maudit, the solipsistic self-love of the blasphemer.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 5, 2012
I know that because of Coffin Joe I’m considered to be crazy, a blasphemer, and that some critics spit on me, but I’ve maintained my independence.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2011
Please, sir," he said, "my brother is not a blasphemer.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 27, 2010
Edwin Arlington Robinson, who last week published his eighth quiet narrative poem, was never considered a blasphemer of the literary gods, but once he was more modern than he is today.
From Time Magazine Archive
He says in effect, "You would stone me as a blasphemer for saying of myself what your own Scriptures say concerning each of you."
From The Hidden Power And Other Papers upon Mental Science by Troward, T. (Thomas)
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