anathema

Importantly, Alito’s ideological fundamentalism is expressed in the outcomes of his judicial rulings, which have categorically advanced not only his far-right religious views but also his commitments to an unchecked, monarchical executive power that would have been anathema to the framers.

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.

“On careful examination of the record, it appears that the allegations are very serious in nature… They are anathema to the very concept of a democratic and orderly society,” Justice Aditya Kumar Mohapatra said, adding that the “police had failed to follow the procedure laid down in law while arresting her”.