different between expletive vs blasphemy

English

Etymology

From Late Latin expl?t?vus (“serving to fill out”), from Latin expl?tus, the perfect passive participle of exple? (“fill out”), itself from ex (“out, completely”) + *ple? (“fill”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?spli?t?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??kspl?t?v/

Adjective

expletive (comparative more expletive, superlative most expletive)

1. Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.

   Synonym: expletory
2. Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).

Translations

Noun

expletive (plural expletives)

1. A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.

   Synonyms: swear word, oath

2. (linguistics) A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
3. (linguistics) A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning.

   Synonym: intensifier

Derived terms

• expletive deleted

Translations

Further reading

• expletive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

English

Etymology

From Middle English blasfemye, from Old French blasfemie, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasph?mia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (blasph?mía, “profanity”), from ????????? (blasph?mé?, “to slander”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?blæs.f?.mi/
• Rhymes: -æsf?mi

Noun

blasphemy (countable and uncountable, plural blasphemies)

1. An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.

   That imam said that drawing the prophet Muhammad is a form of blasphemy.

   • 1920, John Rougier Cohu, The Bible and Modern Thought, page 325:

     Had God cancelled His everlasting Covenant with Israel? The mere thought was blasphemy! But what did God's silence and the present dark cloud mean?

   • 2009, Francis, Business Ethics, Tata McGraw-Hill Education (?ISBN), page 139:

     The fundamentalists in that religion hold that such views are blasphemy and that religion is above criticism.

2. (by extension) An act of irreverence towards anything considered inviolable; the act of disregarding a convention.
   • 2015, Benjamin V. Root, Interactive Applications Using Matplotlib, Packt Publishing Ltd (?ISBN), page 89:

     I know this is utter blasphemy and completely incomprehensible to developers and power users who love their keyboard shortcuts, but some people just love having buttons on their screens with the exact name of their function written on them.

   • 1999, American Lutherie: The Quarterly Journal of the Guild of American Luthiers

     Some historical information is given on the Panormo family of guitar makers and a whole chapter is called, "Maccaferri's 'Monstrosity'," the name given Julian's Maccaferri guitar due to the blasphemy of its having more than six strings, ...

   • 2004, Touring Club of Italy, The Italian Wine Guide: The Definitive Guide to Touring, Sourcing and Tasting, Touring Editore (?ISBN), page 149:

     The market has responded well to this type of packaging [wine in cardboard containers], even if some consider it near blasphemy, and it has had a role in bringing wine to the younger generation and to social classes intimidated by the high price of many bottled products.

Synonyms

• (irreverent language): cursing, cussing, execration, imprecation, profanity, swearing
• (unholy act): profanation, desecration, sacrilege, violation

Antonyms

• reverence, veneration, worship, adoration

Derived terms

• blasphemous
• blasphemously
• blasphemousness

Related terms

• blaspheme

Translations

Middle English

Noun

blasphemy

1. Alternative form of blasfemye