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Recent Examples of anathematize In a democracy, the question of what to do about climate change and for that matter the decision to anathematize entire sectors of the economy ought to be matters for voters not moneymen. Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 9 Dec. 2020 Still, some people now reflexively anathematize this brilliant novel because its self-justifying, unreliable narrator is a pedophile. Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2020 The most serious native challenge to liberalism, made by the slaveholding oligarchy of the Old South, was crushed on the battlefield, and, despite the efforts of an ever-dwindling number of apologists, morally anathematized. Park MacDougald, Daily Intelligencer, 27 Feb. 2018 In some ways, the grotesqueries of his persona, rather than anathematizing him to voters, only enhanced his appeal among those wishing for something different. Jamelle Bouie, Slate Magazine, 24 Jan. 2017 BuzzFeed was so anathematized that by presser’s end, fellow journalists were picking up their lunch trays and moving to the other side of the cafeteria. Will Oremus, Slate Magazine, 12 Jan. 2017 But 33 members of the law faculty published a letter anathematizing her. Mona Charen, National Review, 8 Sep. 2017 And if anyone shall be led by his cupidity or arrogance to break this truce, by the authority of God and with the sanction of this Council he shall be anathematized. James Carroll, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anathematize
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  • The Compleat Angler burned down in 2008, leaving a vacuum, but historic Alice Town and Bailey Town survive, a bulwark against the development that some say has cursed the island.
    Bob Rountree, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2025
  • Advertisement Advertisement As the head of a legal organization that advocates for immigrants, I’m cursed with a front-row view of the framework that threatens to erode our democracy.
    Kica Matos, Time, 2 May 2025
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  • The decision was immediately condemned by transgender rights activists contacted by Reuters.
    Phil Stewart, USA Today, 9 May 2025
  • Long been derided as tacky, commercial non-art, sitcoms with background laughter over the years have been condemned as a dystopian form of joke mind control.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • The late pope criticized both laissez-faire capitalism and state-centric socialism, giving shape to a distinctly Catholic vein of economic teaching.
    Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
  • Several Democratic members of Congress criticized her firing.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • The agent allegedly blamed Morgan for not saying something during the flight.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 2 May 2025
  • An Ohio man accused of fatally shooting his 15-year-old daughter — then trying to blame his stepson with autism — pleaded guilty on Tuesday, April 29.
    Christine Pelisek, People.com, 2 May 2025

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“Anathematize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anathematize. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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