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Meaning of blaspheme

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

blaspheme

Pronunciation:/ˌblæsˈfiːm//ˈblæs.fim/

verb

Definitions

  1. To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.

  2. To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).

  3. To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.

noun

Definitions

  1. An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.

    Example: That imam said that drawing the prophet Muhammad is a form of blasphemy.

  2. (by extension) An act of irreverence towards anything considered inviolable; the act of disregarding a convention.