blasphemous

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Mapfuwa claims that Koh's statue is "blasphemous" - but this reflects a lack of understanding.

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  1. adjective Impiously irreverent.

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  • It will be observed that the Act specifies certain heterodox opinions as blasphemous, and says nothing as to the language in which they may be couched. —  Prisoner for Blasphemy
  • There was absolutely no love lost between Dmwoski and the Protector, either, or between the abbot and what he called the blasphemous Antipope Leo, the prelate Arminger sponsored in Portland. —  Map.html
  • Without being blasphemous, an antique dealer could be forgiven for thinking of holiness. —  Jade Woman - Jonathan Gash - Lovejoy 12
  • To say he used this word simply because he was a Jew in a patriarchal culture won't do - "Father" was unthinkable and blasphemous, applied to God; besides, Jesus demonstrated powerfully and more than once a sovereign freedom from contemporary cultural customs.
  • Mapfuwa claims that Koh's statue is "blasphemous" - but this reflects a lack of understanding. —  Drive-by Times
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English blasfemous, from Late Latin blasphēmus, from Greek blasphēmos, from blasphēmein, to blaspheme; see blaspheme.

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  1. from Late Latin blasphēmus (Middle Latin also blasfēmus, later Middle English blasfeme, blaspheming, a blasphemer), from Greek βλάσφημος, evil-speaking: see blaspheme, a.
 

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