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   sacrilegious

   /ˌsakrɪˈlɪdʒəs/

   adjective

   • 1. involving or committing sacrilege: "a sacrilegious act"

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   • 1. sacrilegiously adverb

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   What is the meaning of sacrilegious?

   • (Sociology) to violate or outrage the sacred character of (an object or place) by destructive, blasphemous, or sacrilegious action 2. (Sociology) to remove the consecration from (a person, object, building, etc); deconsecrate

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   What is the difference between sacrelige and sacrelegious?

   • Sacrilege is a noun meaning the misuse or desecration of something sacred. Sacrilegious is the corresponding adjective. The words are commonly misspelled sacrelige and sacreligious.

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   What is a sacrilegious opinion?

   • Anything that's sacrilegious is essentially as disrespectful as a graverobber towards things that others find holy or solemn and serious. In modern ironic usage, a sacrilegious opinion runs contrary to popular wisdom or deeply held beliefs. Calling the movie Citizen Kane boring and self-indulgent is totally sacrilegious to many movie lovers.

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   What is the difference between sacrilegious and religious?

   • Sacrilegious is the corresponding adjective . The words are commonly misspelled sacrelige and sacreligious. Though sacrilegious things are often against religion, sacrilegious and religious have different roots. The similarity in sound is coincidental.

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   Sacrilegious means committing or characterized by sacrilege, which is a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and usage of sacrilegious from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › sacrilegiousSACRILEGIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Sacrilegious means treating something holy or important without respect. See how to use this adjective in sentences from various sources, such as the Cambridge English Corpus, Hansard archive, and Wikipedia.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › sacrilegiousSACRILEGIOUS definition | Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Sacrilegious means treating something holy or important without respect. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences and see translations in different languages.

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   Sacrilegious means extremely disrespectful towards something considered sacred. An action that causes deep offense to a believer — like burning a religious text, for example — is sacrilegious.

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   Sacrilegious definition: pertaining to or involving sacrilege. See examples of SACRILEGIOUS used in a sentence.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › sacrilegiousSACRILEGIOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Sacrilegious means showing great disrespect towards something holy or sacred. Learn the synonyms, pronunciation, usage and origin of this adjective with Collins English Dictionary.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSACRILEGE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Sacrilege is the failure to treat something holy with the respect it should have, or an example of this. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, antonyms, and usage in sentences from the Cambridge Dictionary.