as in sacrilege
an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things
in the 17th century the Quakers were persecuted for beliefs and practices that older churches regarded as blasphemies
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Recent Examples of blasphemy
Its advocates point to the fact that pubic officials shrank from condemning the bodyguard who in January 2011 shot Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab, who had spoken out against Pakistan's blasphemy law.
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Stephen D. Krasner, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2011
Some 79 countries around the world continue to enforce blasphemy laws.
—Kristina M. Lee, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
Rufus Wainwright calls Donald Trump playing 'Hallelujah' cover during rally 'the height of blasphemy'
Later in the segment, Kimmel played another clip from Trump's podcast appearance.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Witnessing Trump and his supporters commune with this music last night was the height of blasphemy.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024
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Stephen D. Krasner, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2011
Some 79 countries around the world continue to enforce blasphemy laws.
—Kristina M. Lee, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
Rufus Wainwright calls Donald Trump playing 'Hallelujah' cover during rally 'the height of blasphemy'
Later in the segment, Kimmel played another clip from Trump's podcast appearance.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Witnessing Trump and his supporters commune with this music last night was the height of blasphemy.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blasphemy
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But sometimes movies need a little sacrilege to achieve their full potential.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
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However, that didn’t stop right-wing figures around the world, including Donald Trump, from claiming that the performance amounted to sacrilege, leading to widespread harassment against Jolly, as well as some of the performers involved.James Factora, Them, 29 Oct. 2024
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Artifact theft and desecration are surprisingly common in national parks.Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
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Another count, desecration of a human corpse, was dismissed.KC Baker, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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For years, Austin schools had struggled to clear thousands of overdue requests from families that students get evaluated for special education services, which is a law violation.Keri Heath, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Dec. 2024
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Four Marine League coaches decided to forfeit games rather than play Narbonne, alleging rule violations.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Clouzot supplied that insight in strong visual terms: Fresnay’s conflicting impiety and righteous anger and so much dissatisfaction and panic among the townsfolk.Armond White, National Review, 20 Nov. 2024
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But the books complement each other in isolating a specific strain of mid-century masculinity, one that’s a strange mix of entitlement and passivity, austerity and impiety, dutifulness and indifference.Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2024
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In 2016, parliament impeached Park Geun-hye, the country’s first female president, over a corruption scandal.Kim Tong-Hyung, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2024
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The only other president to be successfully impeached was Park Geun-hye, a conservative who left office in 2017 and was sentenced to 22 years in prison for a corruption scandal involving major corporations and the daughter of a cult leader.Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move; ’Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love.John Edgar Wideman, The New Yorker, 8 July 2021
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The first assault is on the Nile itself, which is turned to blood, thereby ruining both agriculture and aquaculture in one swoop, a profanation with religious consequences.Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 28 Nov. 2019
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Its homewares collection has the same irreverence — pieces that flirt with the line between humor and high design.WWD, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
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Its jokes are profound, its wisdom ridiculous, its irreverence wide-eyed and irresistible.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Blasphemy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blasphemy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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