Profanation
[,prɒfə'neɪʃən] or [,profə'neʃən]
Definition
(noun.) degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening.
(noun.) blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; 'desecration of the Holy Sabbath'.
Typist: Tyler--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) The act of violating sacred things, or of treating them with contempt or irreverence; irreverent or too familiar treatment or use of what is sacred; desecration; as, the profanation of the Sabbath; the profanation of a sanctuary; the profanation of the name of God.
(v. t.) The act of treating with abuse or disrespect, or with undue publicity, or lack of delicacy.
Typed by Barack
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Desecration, pollution, misuse, abuse.
Checker: Mollie
Examples
- One is the profanation of a temple of our faith--the other only the profanation of a pagan one. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It seems like profanation to laugh and jest and bandy the frivolous chat of our day amid its hoary relics. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We had a rubber at whist, a mere profanation, so far as play was concerned, of that noble game. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Inputed by Doris