单词 | anathematic |
释义 | anathematicadj.1 1. Of, relating to, or of the nature of an anathema; that curses, denounces, or condemns a person or thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > denunciation > [adjective] declamatory1589 anathematizing1610 denouncing1661 anathematic1795 denunciant1837 denunciatory1837 denunciating1847 denunciative1860 society > faith > worship > excommunication > [adjective] > that performs anathematizing1610 dischurching1672 unchurching1681 anathematic1795 1795 London Packet 28 Dec. The Bishop being threatened, took refuge at Rome, and was followed by a great number of Priests, like Parthians, discharging their anathematic missives as they fled. 1820 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (2000) V. 8 The positive anathematic Assertion of..perdition. 1901 Univ. Virginia Mag. Jan. 195 He wore his anathematic vocabulary threadbare in vain attempts to express his disgust. 2013 AJS Rev. 37 88 The outright attacks and attempts to direct anathematic language at the Virgin Mary proved to be counter-productive. 2. Extremely dislikable or repugnant (to a person); wholly contrary to one's beliefs or values. ΚΠ 1940 Life 25 Mar. 89/3 However anathematic the principle may be to us, it is unfair to condemn a whole country..because parts of it are bad. 1976 Encounter June 89/1 To Michael.., with a passionate commitment to a non-Communist, neo-Orwellian Left, nothing could have been more anathematic. 2002 S. J. Gould Struct. Evolutionary Theory x. 1106 Such a close comparison seemed exceedingly unlikely, if not anathematic, to most biologists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). anathematicadj.2 Of, relating to, or of the nature of a votive offering or anathema (anathema n.2). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > [adjective] sacrificatory1581 sacrificingc1595 sacrifical1608 oblatory1611 sacrificiala1616 anathematic1843 offertorial1856 oblational1867 1843 Biogr. Dict. III. 284/2 The four Anathematic Inscriptions of the Three Brother-Hunters appear to have been derived from four older epigrams. 1962 Arion Summer 88 The anathematic object is evidently more classic and consoling than the apophoretic object because it means to stay where it is. 2007 W. Fitzgerald Martial i. 28 The Hellenistic anathematic epigram, accompanying a dedication to a deity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.11795adj.21843 |
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