Synonyms for blasphemy
ˈblæs fə miblas·phe·my

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1. blasphemynoun

   Synonyms:
   sacrilege, desecration, profanation, swear, curse, cuss, violation, imprecation, profanity, execration

   Antonyms:
   worship, veneration, reverence, adoration

2. blasphemynoun

   Irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable.

   Synonyms:
   cuss, profanity, violation, execration, desecration, sacrilege, imprecation, curse, profanation, swear

   Antonyms:
   veneration, adoration, worship, reverence

3. blasphemynoun

   The act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for any religion's deity or deities.

   Synonyms:
   curse, violation, imprecation, sacrilege, execration, cuss, swear, profanity, profanation, desecration

   Antonyms:
   reverence, veneration, adoration, worship

4. blasphemynoun

   The act of claiming the attributes of a deity.

   Synonyms:
   swear, cuss, imprecation, profanity, execration, violation, profanation, curse, desecration, sacrilege

   Antonyms:
   adoration, reverence, worship, veneration

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1. blasphemy

   In the highest sense, as in a court of justice, "an oath is a reverent appeal to God in corroboration of what one says," Abbott Law Dict.; an affidavit is a sworn statement made in writing in the presence of a competent officer; an adjuration is a solemn appeal to a person in the name of God to speak the truth. An oath is made to man in the name of God; a vow, to God without the intervention, often without the knowledge, of man. In the lower sense, an oath may be mere blasphemy or profane swearing. Anathema, curse, execration, and imprecation are modes of invoking vengeance or retribution from a superhuman power upon the person against whom they are uttered. Anathema is a solemn ecclesiastical condemnation of a person or of a proposition. Curse may be just and authoritative; as, the curse of God; or, it may be wanton and powerless: "so the curse causeless shall not come," Prov. xxvi, 2. Execration expresses most of personal bitterness and hatred; imprecation refers especially to the coming of the desired evil upon the person against whom it is uttered. Malediction is a general wish of evil, a less usual but very expressive word. Compare TESTIMONY.

   Synonyms:
   adjuration, affidavit, anathema, ban, blaspheming, curse, cursing, denunciation, execration, imprecation, malediction, oath, profane swearing, profanity, reprobation, swearing, sworn statement, vow

   Antonyms:
   benediction, benison, blessing

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. blasphemy

   Synonyms:
   swearing, profaneness, impiety

   Antonyms:
   reverence, veneration, godliness

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1. blasphemynoun

   blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)

   Synonyms:
   desecration, sacrilege, profanation

2. profanation, desecration, blasphemy, sacrilegenoun

   blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character

   "desecration of the Holy Sabbath"

   Synonyms:
   desecration, sacrilege, profanation

Matched Categories

1. • Disrespect
   • Irreverence
   • Profanity

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blasphemynoun

   Synonyms:
   impiety, irreverence, profanity

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1. blasphemynoun

   Synonyms:
   sacrilege, calumny, profanity

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1. List of paraphrases for "blasphemy":

   sacrilege, profanity, desecration, profanation, rowing

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How to use blasphemy in a sentence?

1. Phelim Kine:

   The assassinations show how dangerous it is for politicians to challenge the blasphemy law. Militants will go to extreme measures for anyone who speaks for religious freedom or human rights.

2. John Osborne:

   Censorship is the commonest social blasphemy because it is mostly concealed, built into us by indolence, self-interest and cowardice.

3. Phil Robertson:

   Pakistan’s blasphemy law has been used in a way to target religious minorities, there has been violence perpetrated against people accused of blasphemy. When facing that kind of persecution, many have no choice but to leave.

4. Salman Rushdie:

   Where there is no belief, there is no blasphemy.

5. Trev McKendry:

   Ilkhani, 21 -- were arrested in their hometown of Tehran on November 10, 2015by the Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution, according to the music blog Loudwire. Citing a letter from a friend of the band posted on the Canadian music site Metal Nation Radio, it says the two were charged with blasphemy, advertising against the system, forming and operating an underground record label that promotes the satanic metal/rock style of music, writing religious, atheistic, political and anarchistic lyrics, and interviewing with radio stations based in other nations. The letter said the pair had been held in Iran’s notorious Evin prison for nearly two months in solitary confinement, were only released on Feb. 5 after they paid 1,000,000,000 Rial( about $ 30,000), and now await trial. Trev McKendry, who posted the anonymous letter on Metal Nation Radio, posted a video on YouTube telling Confess that the global heavy metal community is behind them. I've taken [ spreading the word ] upon myself because my source, who is close to the band, reached out to me and specifically said that they asked me to help.