anathematization

A noun referring to the formal act of pronouncing someone or something accursed, often involving a strong denunciation or condemnation.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das den formalen Akt der Verfluchung einer Person oder Sache bezeichnet, oft verbunden mit scharfer Verurteilung oder Ächtung; auch die Verfluchung oder Verdammung selbst.

1. Formal act of cursing C2 formal

   The formal act of pronouncing someone or something accursed, often in a religious or ecclesiastical context.

   • The anathematization of heretics was a common practice in medieval times.
   • The council issued an anathematization against those who rejected the doctrine.
   • His speech was a virtual anathematization of all modern art.

   🇩🇪Anathemaisierung

   Synonyme: anathemabancondemnationcursedamnationdenunciationexecrationimprecationmalediction

   Antonyme: absolutionblessingconsecrationsanctification

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• anathematization's possessive singular form