blasphemy.
An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.
Meaning & usage
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 was a form of blasphemy.
An act of irreverence towards anything considered inviolable; the act of disregarding a convention.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English blasfemie, from Old French blasfemie, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía, “profanity”), from βλασφημέω (blasphēméō, “to slander”). Displaced native Old English tāl.
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