Anathematization
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of anathematizing; vigorous denunciation. countable, uncountable
"He must have been a boy of spirit and resource, to get here on a stopped allowance of five sous a week; but he did it somehow, and he burst in on his father, and pleaded his sister's cause. Venerable parent promptly resorts to anathematization, and turns him out."
- 2 the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed wordnet
Example
More examples"He must have been a boy of spirit and resource, to get here on a stopped allowance of five sous a week; but he did it somehow, and he burst in on his father, and pleaded his sister's cause. Venerable parent promptly resorts to anathematization, and turns him out."
Etymology
From anathematize + -ation.
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