Get to know Anathema better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like execration or condemnation.
Anathema meaning
- A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed.
- Something which is vehemently disliked by somebody.
- An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
Synonyms of Anathema
Using Anathema
- The main meaning on this page is: A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed. | Something which is vehemently disliked by somebody. | An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
- Useful related words include: bete noire, unpleasant person, disagreeable person, execration.
- In the example corpus, anathema often appears in combinations such as: anathema to, an anathema, is anathema.
Context around Anathema
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Anathema
- In this selection, "anathema" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, considered, clearly, defeating and players stand out and add context to how "anathema" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as is anathema to the and has been anathema to conventional. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "anathema" sits close to words such as abingdon, abrahams and abuzz, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with anathema
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
PG-13 can be something of an anathema to horror fans. (11 words)
At the time, all of this was anathema in corporate South Korea. (12 words)
But that is so anathema to the new Zionists, to the strong Zionists. (13 words)
Although it may be anathema to a president disconnected from reality and at war with the truth, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is vital to the kind of fair and independent news that promotes a well-informed public and strengthens our democracy. (42 words)
This week, Rupert Murdoch formally stepped down as the chairman of News Corp. At the annual shareholder’s meeting, the 92-year-old media mogul inveighed against the “suppression of debate by an intolerant elite who regard differing opinions as anathema”. (41 words)
The very notion that it is acceptable to tie one’s health in a civilized nation to having ample cash is clearly anathema to most of the world, but it’s the way things are in the United States. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Because human joy is anathema to us, we direct your holiday attention to your complicity in the violence in Israel and Palestine.
But that is so anathema to the new Zionists, to the strong Zionists.
Everyone deserves to be treated with love, dignity and respect, and these shows are anathema to such treatment.
It was anathema to Elizabeth because of her father and uncle,” Owens says.
On the usual take a bow, which has become a norm for former senators, he said it is a norm and not an anathema.
PG-13 can be something of an anathema to horror fans.
Smith sees the planned obsolescence of modern consumer tech — and tech companies' fight against right-to-repair — as anathema to the legacy of pinball.
The very essence of the marital relationship — the fusing of two into one, the subordinating of the individual to the couple, learning to approach life’s challenges not as — is anathema to the “newer” ways of thinking.
This week, Rupert Murdoch formally stepped down as the chairman of News Corp. At the annual shareholder’s meeting, the 92-year-old media mogul inveighed against the “suppression of debate by an intolerant elite who regard differing opinions as anathema”.
It is anathema to democracy, a stain on republican models of government, a joke on any political system that has some claim on representing what might be called the broader citizenry.
She has never before gone on the network that is considered anathema to many Democratic voters.
The very notion that it is acceptable to tie one’s health in a civilized nation to having ample cash is clearly anathema to most of the world, but it’s the way things are in the United States.
Although it may be anathema to a president disconnected from reality and at war with the truth, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is vital to the kind of fair and independent news that promotes a well-informed public and strengthens our democracy.
At the time, all of this was anathema in corporate South Korea.
For centuries, traditional Ashkenazi Jews have abstained from peanuts, beans, rice, lentils, chickpeas and other foods that, according to the rabbis, could be misconstrued as chametz, or leavened food that is anathema on the holiday.
For example, when defeating Anathema, players have the possibility of receiving one of two new shields, or even a new grenade mod.
Identifying essential workers in this way has been anathema to conventional neo-classical economic theory, where any activity is deemed valuable or productive if it is remunerated, whatever its social value or disvalue.
In the days of the Washington Consensus of the 1990s, any mention of capital controls would have been anathema.
Much of Daw’s book is taken up with what is anathema to Whitehall policymakers: observing experience abroad.
New taxes are anathema to various business interests, as are measures that would lower the bar for cities and counties to enact levies of their own.
Common combinations with anathema
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- anathema to 46×
- an anathema 15×
- is anathema 12×
- was anathema 10×
- are anathema 5×
- be anathema 5×
- as anathema 3×
- were anathema 3×
- anathema against 3×
- considered anathema 2×