as in blasphemy
an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things
spitting on the temple floor would be a great sacrilege
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Recent Examples of sacrilege
To sully that legacy seems like sartorial sacrilege.
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Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
Lea has dropped out of medical school to become a reformed Rabbi – which to her father is a sacrilege.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
In Kahane’s theology, Jewish weakness was the sacrilege, and Jewish strength sanctified God.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
This is culture-making in critical condition, because even the fact that these are static industries is a version of sacrilege.
—Harmony Holiday, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
Lea has dropped out of medical school to become a reformed Rabbi – which to her father is a sacrilege.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
In Kahane’s theology, Jewish weakness was the sacrilege, and Jewish strength sanctified God.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
This is culture-making in critical condition, because even the fact that these are static industries is a version of sacrilege.
—Harmony Holiday, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sacrilege
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacrilege
Noun
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Many societies in the past have linked swearing to blasphemy or sin.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The organization has also taken on international cases involving silent prayer arrests in the U.K. and blasphemy charges in Nigeria.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
31 July 2025
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His wife Sherrie Parker, 41, and their son, Deshawn Thomas, 22, are charged with desecration of human remains and fourth-degree tampering with physical evidence, according to officials.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
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The desecration of pizza seems to have no limits.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Sep. 2025
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The bills, named for the global pop star — and the frantic rush to get tickets for her shows around the country — strengthen penalties for using bots to buy tickets in bulk and give the state attorney general the ability to investigate potential violations of the law.—
Arpan Lobo,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Expending taxpayer funds on a capital project without secured or approved funding is both fiscally irresponsible and a violation of sound budgeting practices.—
Penny Weaver,
Arkansas Online,
8 Sep. 2025
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Hawthorne was in the guest bathroom when Vaughan came at him with his fist raised and cursing and yelling at him, Rutherford said.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Sep. 2025
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Scottish hen parties were deemed to contain ritualistic profanation.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move; ’Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love.—
John Edgar Wideman,
The New Yorker,
8 July 2021
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By one hand, he is bound to himself, to his impiety, his recklessness, his envy and pride, his guilt and spite.—
Merve Emre,
The New Yorker,
16 Dec. 2024
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Clouzot supplied that insight in strong visual terms: Fresnay’s conflicting impiety and righteous anger and so much dissatisfaction and panic among the townsfolk.—
Armond White,
National Review,
20 Nov. 2024
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Leading up to the protests, the hashtag #NepoBaby had been trending in the country, largely to criticize the extravagant lifestyles of local politicians' children and call out corruption, NPR previously reported.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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Apart from lifting the ban on social media, the protesters’ other demands included that the Prime Minister resign and that Nepal establish an independent watchdog body similar to an ombudsman to monitor corruption.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Sacrilege.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacrilege. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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