anathema
Example Sentences
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"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
Commercials were anathema to Hastings, but Netflix has now built an ad business.
The casual word “untitled” was pretty common in art, but it possesses an air of disinterest that seems anathema in the vicinity of a Therrien.
From Los Angeles Times
“Self-consciousness and judgment—whether from yourself or other people—are anathema to flow, as is any form of distraction,” she writes.
From Salon
Trades where you fork over 2 percent a year just to be in them were anathema.
From Literature
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