blasphemer
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- noun
- /ˈblæsfɪmər/
- Offensive
:
blasfemo
- Terrorists and state sponsors of terrorism have been going after apostates and blasphemers for years.
- the blasphemer's name
Examples
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The feeling was beyond one of indescribable inversion—I felt like a blasphemer, someone violating a sacred order.
Fiction book (1997) -
After all, if your god is all-powerful, then the so-called blasphemer is going to be punished by that all-powerful god.
Blog text (20) -
You considered him a blasphemer, but he was the Holy One of Israel.
Blog text (21) -
This blasphemer will be judged by a majority.
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You've been brought here as a blasphemer!
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I don't have to work with a blasphemer.
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Critics of this social and political order were not only dissidents; they were blasphemers.
Academic text (1992) -
When you criticize the state, they react with indignation and venom because you are a blasphemer in their eyes.
Blog text (18) -
The bible-thumpers, sensing that they were about to lose their hold on things, shouted, "These people are blasphemers!"
Fiction book (1998) -
The crowd shouted, calling him a blasphemer for challenging their beliefs.
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Etymology
The word blasphemer comes from the Greek verb blasphemein, which meant 'to speak badly' or 'to insult'. So a blasphemer is someone who speaks disrespectfully about sacred things, especially religious beliefs or gods.