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desecration

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /d?s??k?ej?n?/
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

desecration (countable and uncountable, plural desecrations)

  1. An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.

Synonyms

  • blasphemy
  • sacrilege
  • profanation

Related terms

  • desecrate

Translations

Anagrams

  • considerate, decreations, resonicated

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profanity

English

Alternative forms

  • prophanity (hypercorrect, obsolete)

Etymology

profane +? -ity, from Latin profanitas.

Noun

profanity (countable and uncountable, plural profanities)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.
    • 1910, John William Cousin, "Bunyan, John" in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature.
      The overwhelming power of his imagination led him to contemplate acts of impiety and profanity, and to a vivid realisation of the dangers these involved.
  2. (countable) Obscene, lewd or abusive language.

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