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What does anathema mean?

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An anathema is something ( or somebody) greatly hated or avoided.e.g. The idea of evolution by natural selection is an anathema to the Creationists.

In the interest of fluency the indefinite article an is often dropped as in The idea of evolution is anathema to them.

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