sacrosanct

Speech parts

1. sacrosanct - Adjective

2. sacrosanct - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Sacred; inviolable.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

inviolable inviolate holy religious personal messianic godly consecrate dedicated pure spiritual secure absolute protected divine
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Antonyms

godless evil secular temporal corrupt precious
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Related terms

sacred

Phrases with the word

sacrosanct place

Examples

In today's Britain, the idea that there could be a Constitution more powerful - and even sacrosanct - than any crowned head or elected politician (thus abolishing the false antithesis between hereditary monarchs and capricious presidents) is thought of as a breathtakingly new and daring idea. Christopher Hitchens

The spiritual dignity of this new humane life for mankind is the Spirit of Man himself sacrosanct. Frank Lloyd Wright

I don't want to flee, nor do I want to abandon the battle of these farmers who live without any protection in the forest. They have the sacrosanct right to aspire to a better life on land where they can live and work with dignity while respecting the environment. Dorothy Stang

I'm dubious about having Social Security put into the stock market. I think that we have gotten very far away from the idea that there's something sacrosanct about retirement investments. Ron Chernow

Limited liability should not be sacrosanct. Like property rights-including intellectual property-it is a creation of man, to provide appropriate incentives; when that artifice fails to fulfill its social function, it needs to be modified. Joseph Stiglitz

The individual's right to pursue his own vision of the best ration of pleasure to pain: utterly sacrosanct. David Foster Wallace

Close letter words and terms

sacroposterior sacropubic sacrorectal sacrosanct place sacrosanctity sacrosanctly