anathema

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A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed.

An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.

Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.

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Skills that are monopolizable are anathema to capital. David Harvey

A free society is as much a threat to the intellectual's sense of worth as an automated economy is to the workingman's sense of worth. Any social order that can function with a minimum of leadership will be anathema to the intellectual. Eric Hoffer

The use of destructive, noisy machinery for recreational purposes must become anathema to humans, as unthinkable as eating one's young. Sheri S. Tepper

I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me. William Weld

Do not therefore allow yourself to be led astray by the specious good nature of such an institution as that of twin beds. It is the silliest, the most treacherous, the most dangerous in the world. Shame and anathema to him who conceived it. Honoré de Balzac

And gears," said Anathema. "My bike didn't have gears. I'm sure my bike didn't have gears." Crowley leaned over to the angel. "Oh lord, heal this bike," he whispered sarcastically. "I'm sorry, I just got carried away," hissed Aziraphale. Terry Pratchett

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