имя существительное 1) [религия] анафема, отлучение от церкви Например: to declare / pronounce an anathema on somebody — предавать (кого-либо) анафеме 2) [религия] человек, преданый анафеме 3) [литературно-книжное] проклятие Например: His theories were anathema to his colleagues. — Его теории были проклятием для его коллег. Синоним(ы): curse
noun Etymology: Late Latin anathemat-, anathema, from Greek, thing devoted to evil, curse, from anatithenai to set up, dedicate, from ana- + tithenai to place, set — more at do 1. a. one that is cursed by ecclesiastical authority b. someone or something intensely disliked or loathed — usually used as a predicate nominative Example: this notion was anathema to most of his countrymen — S. J. Gould 2. a. a ban or curse solemnly pronounced by ecclesiastical authority and accompanied by excommunication b. the denunciation of something as accursed c. a vigorous denunciation; curse