blasphemy
English
/ˈblæs.fə.mi/
noun
Definitions
- An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.
- (by extension) An act of irreverence towards anything considered inviolable; the act of disregarding a convention.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English blasfemye derived from Old French blasfemie derived from Latin blasphēmia derived from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (profanity, slander, blasphemy).
Origin
Ancient Greek
βλασφημία
Gloss
profanity, slander, blasphemy
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiblasphemy English
- blasphemist English
- *blastēmia Latin
- blasphemia Latin
- blasphēmia Latin
- bestemmia Italian
- blasfemia Italian
- blasfemie Dutch, Flemish
- blasfemia Spanish, Castilian
- βλασφημέω Ancient Greek
- βλασφημία Ancient Greek
- *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- blasfemi Norwegian Bokmål
- blasfemi Norwegian Nynorsk
- blasfemen Middle English
- blasfemye Middle English
- blaisféim Irish
- blasfemi Danish
- blasfemie Old French
- blasfemie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan