anathema

/əˈnæθəmə/

noun

  1. 1

    A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed.

  2. 2

    (by extension) Something which is vehemently disliked by somebody.

  3. 3

    An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.

  4. 4

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

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