profanation
The act of profaning; desecration, blasphemous behaviour, defilementThe act of profaning; desecration, blasphemous behaviour, defilement.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of profaning; desecration, blasphemous behaviour, defilement.
blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
Origin
From Middle French prophanation, profanation, and its source, Late Latin profanatio, fromFrom Middle French prophanation, profanation, and its source, Late Latin profanatio, from the participle stem of Latin profānō. By surface analysis, profane + -ation.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: profanations| Singular | profanation |
|---|---|
| Plural | profanations |
regular
Synonyms
15 synonyms- blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character:desecrationblasphemysacrilege
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.