anathema
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9.5
- noun
- /əˈnæθəmə/
- Offensive
:
abominación
- After his controversial statements, he realized he had become anathema among his colleagues.
- become anathema
- political anathema
- anathema to many
And he was able to be elected even though he was anathema to many Democrats stalwarts at that time.
- And he was able to be elected even though he was anathema to many Democrats stalwarts at that time.
- I can't really speak for him, but I would guess his point is once you're swimming in this kind of worldview, you're going to be anathema already.
Examples
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Habit, inertia, and obedience are all anathema to the conduct of ethical individualism.
Academic text (1991) -
Government control, Jonathon, is anathema to the free-enterprise system.
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The concept of a minimum viable product is anathema to the culture of higher education.
Academic text (2016) -
The very notion of a secular state is anathema to them.
Academic text (1990) -
So the whole idea of taking it apart and starting again is an anathema to most Egyptologists.
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Many Division 1 coaches even consider polls to be more of an anathema than an actual measure of achievement.
Academic text (1995) -
And he was able to be elected even though he was anathema to many Democrats stalwarts at that time.
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Trends create a sameness that is anathema to my own independence of thought and expression.
Blog text (30) -
Such a prerequisite has proven to be a political anathema to the Republican paramilitaries.
Academic text (1996) -
But the idea of a self-made woman capable of resisting determination from without is anathema to feminist history.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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8.9
A person who treats others very badly
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6.0
A person who others do not want in a group because they behave badly
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9.9
A person or thing that people strongly dislike and avoid
A person or thing that people like least in a group
Antonyms
How Disliked
Surface Forms
Etymology
Anathema later came to mean a person people strongly hate or reject. It shares the same root as theme 'something placed', so think of someone 'placed apart' in a very bad way to remember why anathema can mean a hated person.