The meaning of ANATHEMA is someone or something intensely disliked or loathed —usually used in the phrase be anathema (to). How to use anathema in a sentence.

In the fifth century, a formal distinction between anathema and "minor" excommunication evolved, where "minor" excommunication entailed cutting off a person or group from the rite of …

ANATHEMA definition: a person or thing detested or loathed. See examples of anathema used in a sentence.

ANATHEMA meaning: 1. something that is strongly disliked or disapproved of: 2. something that is strongly disliked…. Learn more.

Definition of anathema noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

4 meanings: 1. a detested person or thing 2. a formal ecclesiastical curse of excommunication or a formal denunciation of a....

a•nath•e•ma (əˈnæθ ə mə) n., pl. -mas. 1. a person or thing detested or loathed: That subject is anathema to them. 2. a person or thing condemned to damnation. 3. an ecclesiastical curse of …

anathema, n.¹ & adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

Something that one absolutely and positively cannot stand is anathema. Garlic is anathema to vampires (ditto for stakes and daylight). So is kryptonite to Superman or a silver bullet to a …

One that is greatly reviled, loathed, or shunned: "Essentialism — a belief in natural, immutable sex differences — is anathema to postmodernists, for whom sexuality itself, along with gender, …