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# anathema

noun (no plural in common use)

«anathema» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Anathema is something or someone that people strongly hate and want to avoid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anathema/#m1)
2. (old use) A curse put on a person by a church or a leader. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anathema/#m2)

### In the lessons

in old tales, a fierce dispute or a curse that cannot be lifted; a word for what is hated

### Examples

- Lies were anathema to the honest king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anathema/#x1)
- In the old tale, the dispute became an anathema. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anathema/#x2)
- Cruelty is anathema to kind people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anathema/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «anathema» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anathema/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«anathema» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/anathema.html) on Mova free.