blasphemy
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noun
- An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.
- An act of irreverence towards anything considered inviolable; the act of disregarding a convention.
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From Middle English blasfemie, from Old French blasfemie, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía, “profanity”), from βλασφημέω (blasphēméō, “to slander”).
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