GRE vocabulary
Anathema
A person or thing detested or loathed; a formal curse by a Pope or a council of the Church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine.
Example
"The concept of absolute power was an anathema to the democratic reformers."
Etymology
From Greek anathema 'a thing accursed,' from anatithenai 'to set up, dedicate.'
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