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PRONUNCIATION OF PROFANATION

profanation  [ˌprɒfəˈneɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROFANATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Profanation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROFANATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Profanity

Profanity is a subset of a language's lexicon that is generally considered in society to be strongly impolite or offensive. It can show a desecration or debasement of someone or something, or show strong or intense emotion. Profanity can take the form of words, expressions, gestures, or other social behaviours that are construed or interpreted as insulting, rude, vulgar, obscene, obnoxious, foul, desecrating, or other forms.

Definition of profanation in the English dictionary

The definition of profanation in the dictionary is the act of treating or using with irreverence. Other definition of profanation is the act of putting to an unworthy or improper use.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROFANATION


combination
ˌkɒmbɪˈneɪʃən
contamination
kənˌtæmɪˈneɪʃən
coordination
kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən
designation
ˌdɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən
destination
ˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən
determination
dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən
discrimination
dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃən
domination
ˌdɒmɪˈneɪʃən
donation
dəʊˈneɪʃən
elimination
ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃən
examination
ɪɡˌzæmɪˈneɪʃən
explanation
ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən
illumination
ɪˌluːmɪˈneɪʃən
imagination
ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən
nation
ˈneɪʃən
nomination
ˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən
origination
ɒˌrɪdʒɪˈneɪʃən
resignation
ˌrɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən
termination
ˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən
vaccination
ˌvæksɪˈneɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROFANATION

prof
Prof.
proface
profamily
profanatory
profane
profanely
profaneness
profaner
profanities
profanity
profascist
profectitious
profeminist
profess
professed
professedly
profession
profession of faith
professional

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROFANATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation
federation
formation

Synonyms and antonyms of profanation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «profanation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROFANATION

Find out the translation of profanation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of profanation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «profanation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

亵渎
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

profanación
570 millions of speakers

English

profanation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अपवित्रीकरण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التدنيس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

профанация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

profanação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপবিত্রকরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

profanation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengabaian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Entweihung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

冒涜
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신성 모독
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Profanation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự làm ô uế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புனிதத் தன்மை கெடுத்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुर्वर्तन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kutsal şeye saygısızlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

profanazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

profanacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

профанація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

profanare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βεβήλωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontheiliging
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ohelgande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vanhelligelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of profanation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROFANATION»

The term «profanation» is normally little used and occupies the 119.740 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of profanation
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «profanation».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROFANATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «profanation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «profanation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about profanation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROFANATION»

Discover the use of profanation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to profanation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Fast Sermon [on Neh. xiii. 17, 18] on the national ...
Had such a people no other sin 'to draw; down his wrath, this alone, if persisted in , would be enough to effect their ruin. And the more this profanation of the Lord's day partakes of a national character, the more does it ex.ose the nation at large ...
Seth WILLISTON, 1825
2
An association of prayers against blasphemy, swearing and ...
Now of such a nature is the work of love, which is here presented to the piety of the faithful, an association of prayers against Blasphemy, and the profanation of Sundays and Festivals. These few words will doubtless suffice to attract those ...
Association réparatrice des blasphèmes et de la violation du dimanche, 1847
3
The Profanation of the Pulpit Briefly Displayed; Being a ...
THE PROFANATION OF THE PULPIT BRIEFLY DISPLAYED ; BEING A STRUCTURE UPON THE CONDUCT 01“ LICENTIOUS CLERGYMEN, WITH RULFS FOR THE BETTER PERFORMANCE OF THE SACRED DUTIES OF THE CHURCH.
William Henry ARNOLD, 1828
4
The Meaning of the City
We must remember that once again we are confronted with ambiguity. An act of profanation can come about in two ways. One way to profane an object consecrated to God is by an impure contact; Satan can make it unclean by his presence.
Jacques Ellul, 1970
5
Index to Swedenborg's Arcana Cœlestia; Or, Heavenly ...
Profanation represented in the Word. — The providence of the Lord guarding the celestial from profanation, denoted by the casting of Adam out of the garden, 301, 306, 3399 end. The truths of the church profaned by conjunction with the lusts, ...
‎1865
6
Index to Swedenborg's Arcana cœlestia, or Heavenly ...
acknowledge in heart; passages cited, 4032, 4289. Profanation consists in acknowledging and believing truths and goods, and at the same time in willing and living contrary to them, 4601. Profanations take place in those who have known and ...
‎1865
7
The Old and New Testament connected in the history of the ...
Profanation of the temple at Jerusalem, by Antiochus Epiphanes typical of antichrist. — One particular mentioned in these prophecies of Daniel, and fulfilled under Antiochus, is especially taken notice of as typifying in him what was to happen ...
Humphrey Prideaux, James Talboys Wheeler, 1858
8
Giorgio Agamben: A Critical Introduction
[LD, 105 (131), italics in original, translation modified; see also P, 135–136 (188)] it is precisely against this sacred exclusion as the foundation of the community that Agamben's coming community and his practice of profanation are directed, ...
Leland de la Durantaye, 2009
9
The Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the ...
ted to the profanation and persecution which Antiochus Epiphanes brought upon the Jewish church was all typically fulfilled in them; but they were to have their ultimate and thorough completion only in those profanations and persecutions ...
Humphrey Prideaux, 1833
10
Less Than Nothing: Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical ...
This is where profanation comes in as a counter-strategy: “The problem of profanation of dispositifs (that is to say, of the restitution to the common use of what was caught in dispositifs and separated [from living beings] in them) is of the utmost ...
Slavoj Zizek, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROFANATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term profanation is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Gay 'marriage': it is not sane
Indeed, if one of the couples in the parade should call attention to their sexual habits, we would find it something of a profanation of the holy, ... «Lifesite, Jul 15»
2
'Seventh Seal' novelist to be in Mattoon Aug. 2
... intrigue into a rollicking action adventure story as a seafaring academic seeks out a holy book before its profanation destroys the world. «Journal Gazette and Times-Courier, Jul 15»
3
Scandalous opera weekend
The opera was called “a profanation of holy and glorious antiquity. A desecration of the golds!” Modern audiences can judge for themselves ... «Bucks Herald, Jul 15»
4
​Beatings, sleep deprivation, sexual abuse, isolation used on us …
There was profanation of the Koran, too. An interrogator could decide who your cell mate will be. He could choose the building of the prison we ... «RT, Jul 15»
5
Jupes au Maghreb : combien de centimètres pour la dignité ?
C'est pour avoir porté un costume aux couleurs nationales lors d'une danse du ventre – acte considéré comme une « profanation du drapeau ... «Jeune Afrique, Jul 15»
6
Jurgen Habermas on “Faith and Knowledge”
It knows that the profanation of the sacred begins with those world religions which disenchanted magic, overcame myth, sublimated sacrifice, ... «CounterPunch, Jun 15»
7
AD The Bible Continues— Season Finale
So, it is plausible that James would stand with the high priest against a profanation of the Temple. After all, he even asked Paul to go and ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
8
Feast of the Sacred Heart: Indulgence TODAY!
... making reparation for each of the following: our disorderly conduct, indecent fashions, scandalous corruption of innocent souls, profanation of ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
9
Administering mercy: Facilitating forgiveness does not downplay sin
... the offenses that carry automatic excommunication are: apostasy, heresy and schism; profanation of the Eucharist; physical violence against ... «Catholic News Service, Jun 15»
10
William Wilberforce: The model to engage the public square
... profane swearing and cursing, lewdness, profanation of the Lord's Day and other dissolute, immoral or disorderly practices.” While the public ... «Washington Times, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Profanation [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/profanation>. May 2024 ».
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