anathemize

English

Alternative forms

• anathemise

Etymology

From anathema +‎ -ize.

Verb

anathemize (third-person singular simple present anathemizes, present participle anathemizing, simple past and past participle anathemized)

1. To declare to be anathema; to curse and reject.

   Synonym: anathematize

   • 1972, Augustinian Studies - Volumes 3-5, page 202:

     What does Augustine want done? He invites Felix to anathemize Mani — but adds, ' magnanimously, ' that no one will compel him to do so. Of course Augustine had just threatened from his cathedra, surrounded by his faithful, to anathemize Felix — with grave possible consequences.

   • 2009, Guido Stucco, God's Eternal Gift, page 674:

     We anathemize all those who say that man can be without sin, if he wants to, without the help of God; we anathemize those who say that death does not come through Adam and that life does not come through Christ; we anathemize those who say that one who is born from two baptized parents does not need to be baptaized;

   • 2015, Erich Goode, The Handbook of Deviance, page 20:

     Likewise, jihadists – Muslim fundamentalists who advocate armed struggle against what they perceive as Islam's enemies – anathemize the secular West, all it stands for, and its inhabitants as well, while secular Westerners express an analogous sentiment, in words and deeds, toward the miltant followers of Muhammad.

Derived terms

• anathemization