English

Alternative forms

• anathematise

Verb

anathematize ‎(third-person singular simple present anathematizes, present participle anathematizing, simple past and past participle anathematized)

1. (transitive) To cause to be, or to declare as, an anathema or evil.
   • 1850, Herman Melville, White Jacket, ch. 3:

     These are the fellows that some officers never pretend to damn, however much they may anathematize others.

   • 1907, B. M. Bower, Rowdy of the Cross L, ch. 9:

     Rowdy had been heard, more than once lately, to anathematize viciously the prairie-dogs for standing on their tails and chipchip-chipping at them as they went by.

   • 2009, Candace de Russy, "Madness, Thy Name Is 'Stimulus'," American Thinker, 13 Feb. (retrieved 21 Feb. 2009):

     Harvard economist Robert Barro anathematized it as "probably the worst bill that has been put forth since the 1930s" and, in a word, "garbage."

Synonyms

• condemn, damn, deprecate, excoriate, vilify

Derived terms

• anathematization
• anathematizer

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