anathema

For a chancellor who, two decades ago, was seconded to the British embassy as an economist, during one of Argentina’s debt crises, it was an anathema.

The decision to eradicate promotion and relegation in an organic way might be an anathema to British sports fans but this is one way of trying to improve standards and force clubs to think sustainably.

From the Jeffersonian perspective, it was anathema to argue that government mail should not move to honor religious sensibilities, so they lost that battle.

“In-your-face Catholicism” is anathema to this version of the Church.

It was a horrific event and anathema to everything our country represents, and also a worrying sign of the dangers of political polarization combined with the proliferation of firearms in our country.