Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or having the nature of an anathema.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema.
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- adjective having the characteristic of
anathema
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Examples
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The injustice of hell is so profoundly anathematic to everything humans instinctively hold dear that even those who believe in hell invariably balk at claiming the objective final truth of hell.
John Shore: Is God's Justice Different Than Ours? John Shore 2011
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Some other theorists confuse immersion with “acting,” but this is actually one of the major anathematic stances to them.
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Cher, if stirrin 'roux for an hour or so is anathematic, you need to put some chankachank on the box, like Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys ...
Saved by red beans and rice | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009
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The injustice of hell is so profoundly anathematic to everything humans instinctively hold dear that even those who believe in hell invariably balk at claiming the objective final truth of hell.
John Shore: Is God's Justice Different Than Ours? John Shore 2011
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We have Act One, Act Two; it had to end romantically; there are girls in it - that's really anathematic, you know, to Python, really.
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Don't misunderstand me -- Sarah Palin is as anathematic to me as she is to those who are bashing her.
Dr. Susan Corso: Sarah Palin and the Consciousness Cuties 2008
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I know it's anathematic to criticize ALL-STAR SUPERMAN, but all this Silver Age regurgitation makes me long for Morrison's days of wholly original Vertigo books.
Cool Comic Cover Gallery – Morrison Inspiration | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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Don't misunderstand me -- Sarah Palin is as anathematic to me as she is to those who are bashing her.
Dr. Susan Corso: Sarah Palin and the Consciousness Cuties 2008
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Don't misunderstand me -- Sarah Palin is as anathematic to me as she is to those who are bashing her.
Dr. Susan Corso: Sarah Palin and the Consciousness Cuties 2008
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(This educational mission, unfortunately, is anathematic to the ABA.) Several of the things our school was complaining about were also the basis of a Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust suit which the ABA settled instantly, largely so that extensive, extraordinarily damning evidence collected by the DOJ would not become public.
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