If you describe something as sacrosanct, you consider it to be special and are unwilling to see it criticized or changed.
Freedom of the press is sacrosanct.
...weekend rest days were considered sacrosanct.
Synonyms: inviolable, sacred, inviolate, untouchable More Synonyms of sacrosanct
sacrosanct in British English
(ˈsækrəʊˌsæŋkt)
adjective
very sacred or holy; inviolable
Derived forms
sacrosanctity (ˌsacroˈsanctity) or sacrosanctness (ˈsacroˌsanctness)
noun
Word origin
C17: from Latin sacrōsanctus made holy by sacred rite, from sacrō by sacred rite, from sacer holy + sanctus, from sancīre to hallow
sacrosanct in American English
(ˈsækroʊˌsæŋkt)
adjective
very sacred, holy, or inviolable
Derived forms
sacrosanctity (ˌsacroˈsanctity)
noun
Word origin
L sacrosanctus < sacer, sacred + sanctus, holy: see saint
Examples of 'sacrosanct' in a sentence
sacrosanct
Government officials say that the independence of the bank will remain sacrosanct.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There is something sacrosanct about the relationship between owner and dog.
Jan Fennell FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2003)
Peace processes thus become sacrosanct and must be kept going at all costs.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But on the field, something sacrosanct remains.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Because these proposals struck at rights that businessmen considered sacrosanct, many congressmen balked.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
Hollywood was strangely unsentimental about its own history: costumes that would now be considered sacrosanct were frequently cut up and used to mop floors.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Projects have become sacrosanct, along with the target of spending 0.7 per cent of gross domestic product.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
(adjective)
Definition
regarded as too important to be criticized or changed
Weekend rest days were considered sacrosanct.
Synonyms
inviolable
The game had a single inviolable rule.
sacred
My memories are sacred.
inviolate
We believed our love was inviolate.
untouchable
hallowed
Their resting place is in hallowed ground.
sanctified
set apart
Additional synonyms
in the sense of hallowed
Definition
regarded as holy
Their resting place is in hallowed ground.
Synonyms
sanctified,
holy,
blessed,
sacred,
honoured,
dedicated,
revered,
consecrated,
sacrosanct,
inviolable,
beatified
in the sense of inviolate
Definition
free from harm or injury
We believed our love was inviolate.
Synonyms
intact,
whole,
untouched,
entire,
pure,
virgin,
sacred,
stainless,
unbroken,
unhurt,
undisturbed,
unsullied,
unpolluted,
unstained,
undefiled
in the sense of sacred
Definition
regarded as too important to be changed or interfered with