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
The images, which many Muslims considered blasphemous, were at the heart of the controversy that led to Paty's death.
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Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
However, the group is often met with pushback from Christians, who view Satanism as an illegitimate religion and a blasphemous group that should not be entitled to First Amendment protections.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Before Drake’s recent litigious exploits, Cole’s decision to rescind his Kendrick Lamar diss was the most blasphemous hip-hop move of the year.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2024
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.
—Reuters, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
However, the group is often met with pushback from Christians, who view Satanism as an illegitimate religion and a blasphemous group that should not be entitled to First Amendment protections.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Before Drake’s recent litigious exploits, Cole’s decision to rescind his Kendrick Lamar diss was the most blasphemous hip-hop move of the year.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2024
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.
—Reuters, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blasphemous
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Some of this may seem sacrilegious to the F1 fans who got into the sport because of Emerson Fittipaldi, Alain Prost, and Aryton Senna, rather than Drive to Survive, but there’s no denying that the Miami Grand Prix is a success.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
8 May 2025
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According to the first-century Jewish philosopher Philo and the historian Josephus, Pilate had his soldiers carry objects that honored Roman emperors into Jerusalem, which Jewish residents saw as sacrilegious.—
Nathanael Andrade,
The Conversation,
11 Apr. 2025
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The rapture once preached and beckoned in churches has been repackaged for secular times: In place of souls ascending to heaven, there are minds preserved digitally—or even bodies kept alive—for eternity.—
John Kaag,
The Atlantic,
28 May 2025
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The Supreme Court has held that states may require their public schools be secular.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
25 May 2025
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The only true dictionary is the lost one, the dictionary of the language that perished when the impious tower was built: the original language, God’s language.—
Mariana Dimópulos,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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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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In a special look behind the scenes, Variety has exclusively obtained the hour-long final table read for the irreverent Netflix show created by Andrew Goldberg, Nick Kroll, Mark Levin, and Jennifer Flackett.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
29 May 2025
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And as the event’s official closer — the AMAs’ afterparty DJ — her irreverent look fit the bill.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
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“Blasphemous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blasphemous. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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