as in atheistical
not showing proper reverence for the holy or sacred
Catholics used to believe that anyone but a priest touching a consecrated wafer was blasphemous
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Recent Examples of blasphemous
Rushdie’s fourth fictional novel ran into a global controversy shortly after its publication in September 1988, as some Muslims saw passages about Prophet Muhammad as blasphemous.
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Reuters, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Many Muslims consider depictions of prophets to be blasphemous.
—Reuters, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
Other critics have called the Trump Bible blasphemous.
—Richard Lardner and Dake Kang, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
That conclusion may sound blasphemous in our modern age, when many social scientists and therapists insist that leaving work behind at the end of the day allows one to be a better partner and parent, whereas a failure to compartmentalize one’s job leads to burnout.
—Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2024
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Reuters, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Many Muslims consider depictions of prophets to be blasphemous.
—Reuters, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
Other critics have called the Trump Bible blasphemous.
—Richard Lardner and Dake Kang, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
That conclusion may sound blasphemous in our modern age, when many social scientists and therapists insist that leaving work behind at the end of the day allows one to be a better partner and parent, whereas a failure to compartmentalize one’s job leads to burnout.
—Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blasphemous
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Some fans will think supporting two different teams, let alone rivals, is sacrilegious.—
Charlotte Harpur,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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But the French debate over whether to show images of Muhammad, which many Muslims view as sacrilegious, is still being waged today.—
Colette Davidson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
8 Jan. 2025
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In 2006, Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Fatah, the secular party of the Palestinian Authority.—
Claudine Ebeid,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2025
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Many even moved between Islamist and secular armed groups.—
NAFEES HAMID,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This game must have seemed profane to the Greeks, or even impious.—
Simone Weil,
Harper's Magazine,
2 July 2024
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Both narratives, private and public, differently restrict our access, so the ideal historian will need great tact and an impious curiosity.—
James Wood,
The New Yorker,
4 Sep. 2023
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For The Win's daily sports newsletter pairs the latest news from around the sports world with the smartest − yet somewhat irreverent – takes from FTW's staff.—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Breathless had started as a somewhat conventional project that Godard turned into an irreverent formal free-for-all; the noirish, plaintive Le petit soldat had enough genre elements to mistake it for something more traditional.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Blasphemous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blasphemous. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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