anathema
noun | /anathema/
someone or something intensely disliked or loathed; a formal curse
anathema
noun | /anathema/
Advanced WordsHARDsomeone or something intensely disliked or loathed; a formal curse
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"The idea became anathema to the conservative faction."
"The old regimen was denounced as anathema by reformers."
Mnemonic Trick
ANATHEMA → ANA + THEMA (against a theme) — accursed or intensely loathed.
Etymology
From Greek anathema “an offering” later “curse.”
Used for something detested or formally cursed.
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