blaspheme

/ˌblæsˈfiːm//ˈblæs.fim/

verb

  1. 1

    To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.

  2. 2

    To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).

  3. 3

    To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.

noun

  1. 1

    An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.

    That imam said that drawing the prophet Muhammad is a form of blasphemy.
  2. 2

    (by extension) An act of irreverence towards anything considered inviolable; the act of disregarding a convention.

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