anathema
something that you strongly dislike
TRANSLATION
anathema = die Verfluchung, die Kirchenbann, der Gräuel anathema = etwas, das stark auf Abneigung oder Missfallen stoßt --- GOOGLE INDEX anathema: approximately 10,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Huge public protest is ANATHEMA to Beijing, and what happens in Hong Kong over the next day or two could shape the Chinese response.
(Washington Post)
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The notion of a retirement age is ANATHEMA to me.
(Sir Alex Ferguson, Scottish football manager)
(Washington Post)
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The notion of a retirement age is ANATHEMA to me.
(Sir Alex Ferguson, Scottish football manager)
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anathema
noun
- something that is strongly disliked or disapproved of
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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Anathema is taken directly from the Greek anathema, which meant "something that is devoted or dedicated" (to God) and in the New Testament, "something dedicated to evil and thus accursed."
In the Old Testament the word meant anything that was identified for sacrifice and thus banned from profane use and dedicated to destruction, as in the case of the enemy and their cities and possessions in the case of religious wars.
In the New Testament, anathema is used in the sense of a curse and the forced expulsion of someone from the Christian community, which is known more commonly as excommunication.
Modern usage generally refers to something that is against a certain principle or idea (Government regulation is anathema to the pure capitalist) or something that someone strongly dislikes (Garlic is anathema to the vampire).
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SYNONYMS
affliction, albatross, bane, curse, enemy, infliction, nemesis, pest, plague, scourge
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"MP3 music files are anathema to real hi-fi enthusiasts."
noun
- something that is strongly disliked or disapproved of
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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Anathema is taken directly from the Greek anathema, which meant "something that is devoted or dedicated" (to God) and in the New Testament, "something dedicated to evil and thus accursed."
In the Old Testament the word meant anything that was identified for sacrifice and thus banned from profane use and dedicated to destruction, as in the case of the enemy and their cities and possessions in the case of religious wars.
In the New Testament, anathema is used in the sense of a curse and the forced expulsion of someone from the Christian community, which is known more commonly as excommunication.
Modern usage generally refers to something that is against a certain principle or idea (Government regulation is anathema to the pure capitalist) or something that someone strongly dislikes (Garlic is anathema to the vampire).
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SYNONYMS
affliction, albatross, bane, curse, enemy, infliction, nemesis, pest, plague, scourge
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"MP3 music files are anathema to real hi-fi enthusiasts."
