Dictionary

anathemize en · VERB

Etymology

From anathema + -ize.

Meanings

1. To declare to be anathema; to curse and reject.
   • 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; 2009, Guido Stucco, God's Eternal Gift, page 674:
   • 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. 1972, Augustinian Studies - Volumes 3-5, page 202:
   • 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. 2015, Erich Goode, The Handbook of Deviance, page 20:

Forms

Deriveds

anathemization

Synonyms

anathematize