sacrosanct en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈsæk.ɹoʊˌsæŋkt/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sacrōsānctus.
Meanings
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(figuratively) Beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable.
After decades of being considered politically sacrosanct, why are homeowner mortgage write-offs suddenly on the chopping block?
2011 August 14, Kenneth R. Harney, “Homeowner mortgage write-off may be in jeopardy”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2021:As Parisians deserted the capital in August for their sacrosanct summer holidays, French Prime Minister François Bayrou remained stationed at this desk in an otherwise hushed Hôtel de Matignon.
2025 August 30, Leila Abboud, Ian Johnston, Adrienne Klasa, “France’s isolated PM puts his job on the line”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7:Closer investigation revealed these as millions of elaborate crypts a few meters below the surface, left by a long-extinct spacefaring species called the zeioph. Many human universities wish to perform archeological excavations. Council law holds grave sites as sacrosanct, however, and the matter has been tied up in court for a decade.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Armeni:For me, it is sacrosanct. It’s our history, it’s our cultural heritage. I do not believe in censorship in that way.
2023 April 26, Benjamin Lee, quoting Steven Spielberg, “Steven Spielberg: ‘No film should be revised’ based on modern sensitivity”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:The impeachment crisis is also a symptom of a country caught in a massive political estrangement that is tearing apart any sense of common patriotic purpose. It has exposed a political culture in which the facts – in this case, of the President’s actions – are no longer sacrosanct and that has been laced with a fog of misinformation by his allies.
2019 December 18, Stephen Collinson, “A grave day in history: Trump faces impeachment”, in CNN:It will be noted that pre-grouping routes between London and Scotland are no longer sacrosanct—for example, Glasgow St. Enoch trains no longer run necessarily to St. Pancras.
1960 December, B. Perren, “The role of the Great Central—present and future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 765:
- Sacred, very holy.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most sacrosanct | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more sacrosanct | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
sacrosanctness · sacrosanctly · sacrosanctity
Hyponyms
undefilable · uncorruptible · incorruptible · unsulliable
Relateds
Synonyms
hallowed · hallowed · sacrosanct · devoutful · sanctimonious · godly · sacred · divine · sacred · heavenly · divine · blessed · sacred · inviolable · holy · celestial
Translations (55)
nl onaantastbaar (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · uk священний (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · bg неприкосновен (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · de sakrosankt (sacred, very holy) · fr sacrosaint (sacred, very holy) · ko 신성불가침의 (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · ka წმინდათაწმინდა (sacred, very holy) · fr sacro-saint (sacred, very holy) · ru свяще́нный (sacred, very holy) · ko 불가침 (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · de hochheilig (sacred, very holy) · ja 不可侵 (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · de sakrosankt (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · ka წმინდა (sacred, very holy) · nl gewijd heilig (sacred, very holy) · cmn 神聖不可侵犯 /神圣不可侵犯 (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · uk недоторканний (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · ru неприкоснове́нный (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · ja 神聖な (sacred, very holy) · ca sacrosant (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · ja 批判を許さない (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · ga dosháraithe (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · nl onschendbaar (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · fr sacro-saint (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · fi loukkaamaton (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · de heilig (sacred, very holy) · hu szent és sérthetetlen (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · pl przenajświętszy (sacred, very holy) · pt sacrossanto (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · ka ხელშეუხებელი (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · ka წმინდა (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · yue 不可侵犯嘅 (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · fi pyhä (sacred, very holy) · it sacrosanto (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · fi pyhä (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · ru свято́й (sacred, very holy) · ru свяще́нный (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · ca sacrosant (sacred, very holy) · de unantastbar (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · fr sacrosaint (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · es sacrosanto (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · nl sacrosant (sacred, very holy) · nl allerheiligst (sacred, very holy) · el απαραβίαστος (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · sv okränkbar (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · bg свещен (sacred, very holy) · la sacrōsanctus (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · cmn 神聖 /神圣 (sacred, very holy) · ro sacrosanct (sacred, very holy) · non ginnheilagr (sacred, very holy) · tr kutsal (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · ga fíorchoisricthe (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) · pdt heilich (sacred, very holy) · io sakrosanta (sacred, very holy) · tl kabanal-banalan (sacred, very holy)