anathema
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After all, the concept is considered antithetical or anathema to the Iranian Revolution, which deposed the monarchy led by the shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in 1979.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026
"The path to rebuilding the right can only happen with the broadest possible spirit of unity, without exclusion and without anathema," he writes.
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
Commercials were anathema to Hastings, but Netflix has now built an ad business.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025
"The notion of a 'passive bystander' was anathema to Kundanlal. If he saw something, or someone, that required attention, he attended to it, never intimidated by the enormity of the problem," writes Gupta.
From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025
This choice was anathema to Sullivan, who abhorred derivative architecture, but during the meeting he made no objection.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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