blasphemy

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Fine, but if you read the article he's fleeing blasphemy laws.

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

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noun

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

noun

blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for blasphemy.

noun

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

noun

blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath"

See also: profanation, desecration, sacrilege

Example sentences

Fine, but if you read the article he's fleeing blasphemy laws.

And the last response I got was indeed, more or less, blasphemy!

Are we going to start extraditing people to iran for blasphemy as well?

That's blasphemy to any politician of course who cannot be seen as "soft on crime.

<blasphemy alert> Does anyone know some good alternatives to chess, as a game that mixes deep thought and aesthetic variety?

It's really no different than saying that something is "blasphemy" except he's espousing a different religion.

Sure, perhaps to a certain extent religious people react negatively to the blasphemy of outsiders because it is the dogma of their religion to do so. I think the greater cause however is that all people, even religious people, tend to be rather rational.