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1. • Someone or something intensely disliked or loathed

     • The meaning of ANATHEMA is someone or something intensely disliked or loathed —usually used as a predicate nominative.
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   What is anathema noun?

   • Definition of anathema noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a thing or an idea that you hate because it is the opposite of what you believe Racial prejudice is (an) anathema to me. Questions about grammar and vocabulary? Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English.

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   What if something is anathema to you?

   • If something is anathema to you, you strongly dislike it. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. 4. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. a. b. 4. 5. 6. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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   Why are officers considered anathema?

   • Officers who wished to leave the southern social order undisturbed were anathema because they placed the nation, not just the party, at risk. The resultant individualism spawned by the new economy is considered by these countries to be an anathema. They regard their failure to discharge those obligations as anathema.

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   Is the idea anathema to Fiennes?

   • We welcome feedback: report an example sentence to the Collins team. Read more… Such a view may seem anathema in rugby union. Not only was it complete cultural anathema for them to take political action but they risked their lives in doing so. The idea is anathema to them. The very idea is anathema to Fiennes.

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   What if coalition becomes anathema?

   • Rather, the subject provokes such intense controversy that it periodically becomes anathema. This may be anathema to top-flight diplomats disdainful of consular drudgery and commercialism. Theirs is a party that requires coalition for power, and if coalition itself becomes anathema to voters the party soon will be, too.

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   Was Fiennes a cultural anathema?

   • Not only was it complete cultural anathema for them to take political action but they risked their lives in doing so. The idea is anathema to them. The very idea is anathema to Fiennes. Rather, the subject provokes such intense controversy that it periodically becomes anathema.

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   something that is strongly disliked or disapproved of: Credit controls are anathema to the government. For older employees, the new system is an anathema. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feelings of dislike and hatred. abhorrence. abomination. animosity. animus. anti-Catholicism. distaste for someone/something. distastefully. enmity.

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     something that is strongly disliked or disapproved of:...

   • Znaczenie Anathema, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     ANATHEMA definicja: 1. something that is strongly disliked...

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     ANATHEMA translate: 令人讨厌的事物. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     ANATHEMA translate: 令人討厭的事物. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     anathema translate: Anatema. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   The meaning of ANATHEMA is someone or something intensely disliked or loathed —usually used as a predicate nominative. How to use anathema in a sentence. Word History of Anathema

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   1. a thing or person accursed or damned. 2. a thing or person greatly detested. 3. a. a solemn ecclesiastical condemnation of a teaching judged to be gravely opposed to accepted church doctrine, or of the originators or supporters of such a teaching.

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   something that is strongly disliked or disapproved of: Credit controls are anathema to the government. For older employees, the new system is an anathema. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feelings of dislike and hatred. abhorrence. abomination. animosity. animus. anti-Catholicism. distaste for someone/something. distastefully. enmity.

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   Definition of anathema noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun anathema. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   The word is often used to describe an object, idea, or person that is abhorrent or loathsome. Anathema can be seen as a form of rejection, an expression of strong disapproval, or a condemnation of a particular thing or person.