anathematism

noun

anath·​e·​ma·​tism

plural -s

: anathema entry 2

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin, from Late Greek anathematismos, from Greek anathematizein + -ismos -ism

First Known Use

1565, in the meaning defined above

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