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Answer : ANATHEMA
anathema, bete noire – n
a detested person; “he is an anathema to me”
SYNONYMS
abhorrence, abomination, antipathy, aversion, bête noire, detestation, execration, hate
IN A SENTENCE
a politician who is anathema to conservatives
ideas that are an anathema to me
The thought of returning to a hard-right regime again is anathema to many.
the use of animals in the testing of cosmetics is anathema to animal-rights activists
ETYMOLOGY
1520s, “an accursed thing,” from Latin anathema “an excommunicated person; the curse of excommunication,” from Ecclesiastical Greek anathema “a thing accursed,” a slight variation of classical Greek anathāma, which meant merely “a thing devoted,” literally “a thing set up (to the gods),” such as a votive offering in a temple, from ana “up” (see ana-) + tithenai “to put, to place,” from reduplicated form of PIE root *dhe- “to set, put.”
By the time it reached Late Latin the meaning of the Greek word had progressed through “thing devoted to evil,” to “thing accursed or damned.” Later it was applied to persons and the Divine Curse. Meaning “act or formula of excommunicating and consigning to damnation by ecclesiastical authority” is from 1610s.
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- ANGLE It’s a matter of degree
- TOPIC Receptionists dumping sentries? It’s a subject of conversation!
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- PHONE CALL It’s a topic of conversation down the line, as it’s leaving Capstone Hill
- LYNCH LAW Demands an illegal suspension in Lombardy around concert hall – it’s a topic of conversation at the bar
- POSTGRADUATE It’s a matter of degree whether this status is reached
- ARC It’s a matter of degrees
- WARMING Trump’s denial of this, merely a matter of degree?
- GLOBAL Trump’s denial of this, merely a matter of degree?
- ORAL EXAM A matter of degree?
- LATITUDE Such tolerance may be a matter of degree
- TASTE It’s a matter of___:it’s a matter of personal preference, in a way?
- CENTIGRADE ‘Gin created under duress is a matter of degrees ‘
- OBJET It’s a thing in Paris
- ASSET Like TV, it’s a thing worth having
- VITAL It’s a matter of life and death that it be given to Val
- DROSS So doctors it’s a matter of waste?
- SAPOR It’s a matter of taste
- FAITH It’s a matter of trust
- TENET Alien – your number is up! It’s a matter of principle!
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