desecration en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dɛ.sɪˈkɹeɪ.ʃən/ (US)
- /dɛ.səˈkɹeɪ.ʃən/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /dɛ.zəˈkɹeɪ.ʃən/ (US)
Etymology
From desecrate + -ion.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.
It seemed a desecration and an unhallowed thing to touch that sleeping image of the live man by my side.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:In the same year as the Furness objection, sadder tidings befell St Pancras Priory at Lewes, in East Sussex. Despite it having the distinction of being the earliest Cluniac monastery in Great Britain, petitions to prevent the Brighton Lewes & Hastings Railway from imposing on its site with its Lewes line failed. The line was approved and, as if as an act of deliberate desecration and assertion of the railways' power, passed over the site of the high altar.
2022 January 12, Dr. Joseph Brennan, “Castles: ruined and redeemed by rail”, in RAIL, number 948, page 57:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| desecrations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nondesecration · host desecration
Relateds
Synonyms
profanation · blasphemy · sacrilege · blasphemy · sacrilege · profanation · desecration
Translations (38)
id desekrasi (act of disrespect towards sacred) · de Profanation (act of disrespect towards sacred) · uk профана́ція (act of disrespect towards sacred) · es profanación (act of disrespect towards sacred) · pt profanação (act of disrespect towards sacred) · am ርክሰት (act of disrespect towards sacred) · de Schändung (act of disrespect towards sacred) · nl ontheiliging (act of disrespect towards sacred) · de Profanierung (act of disrespect towards sacred) · de Entweihung (act of disrespect towards sacred) · pl zbezczeszczenie (act of disrespect towards sacred) · fi häväistys (act of disrespect towards sacred) · ja 冒涜 (act of disrespect towards sacred) · hy սրբապղծություն (act of disrespect towards sacred) · ru оскверне́ние (act of disrespect towards sacred) · ru профана́ция (act of disrespect towards sacred) · sv skändning (act of disrespect towards sacred) · ro profanare (act of disrespect towards sacred) · he חילול \ חִלּוּל (act of disrespect towards sacred) · el βεβήλωση (act of disrespect towards sacred) · ca profanació (act of disrespect towards sacred) · hu megszentségtelenítés (act of disrespect towards sacred) · gd mì-choisrigeadh (act of disrespect towards sacred) · bg оскверня́ване (act of disrespect towards sacred) · enm pollucion (act of disrespect towards sacred) · it dissacrazione (act of disrespect towards sacred) · be апага́ненне (act of disrespect towards sacred) · cmn 污辱 (act of disrespect towards sacred) · nl heiligschennis (act of disrespect towards sacred) · da vanhelligelse (act of disrespect towards sacred) · fr profanation (act of disrespect towards sacred) · mi whakapokenga (act of disrespect towards sacred) · de Entheiligung (act of disrespect towards sacred) · cmn 褻瀆 /亵渎 (act of disrespect towards sacred) · fi häpäisy (act of disrespect towards sacred) · fi häpäiseminen (act of disrespect towards sacred) · pl profanacja (act of disrespect towards sacred) · ru надруга́тельство (act of disrespect towards sacred)