English-Italian translations for anathema

• anatema
  Il coraggioso impegno dimostrato dalla vincitrice del Premio Nobel costituirebbero un anatema per qualsiasi dittatore. The courageous commitment shown by that Nobel prize winner would be anathema to any dictator.
  Non basta dire che l'islamismo è un anatema. It is not enough to say that Islamic fundamentalism is an anathema.
  Questi principi sono ovviamente un anatema per i socialisti, ma rispecchiano l’interesse di tutti i nostri cittadini. These things are naturally anathema to socialists but are good for all our citizens.
• scomunica

Definition of anathema

• A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed.
• Something which is vehemently disliked by somebody
• An imprecation; a curse; a malediction
• Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.

Related words

• anathematic
• anathematize
• anathematizer
• anathematise
• anathematization
• anathematism
• anathema, ban