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EXECRATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("execration" is a kind of...):
object (the focus of cognitions or feelings)
Derivation:
execrate (curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment)
execrate (find repugnant)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
Synonyms:
condemnation; curse; execration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("execration" is a kind of...):
denouncement; denunciation (a public act of denouncing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "execration"):
anathema (a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication)
imprecation; malediction (the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult))
Derivation:
execrate (curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Hate coupled with disgust
Synonyms:
abhorrence; abomination; detestation; execration; loathing; odium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("execration" is a kind of...):
disgust (strong feelings of dislike)
hate; hatred (the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action)
Derivation:
execrate (find repugnant)
