/
əˈnaθəmə/
n.
- something that one vehemently dislikes:
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racism was anathema to her.
- a formal curse of the Church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine.
Etymology
C16: from eccles. L., from Gk anathema ‘thing dedicated’, (later) ‘thing devoted to evil’, from anatithenai ‘to set up’.
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