Meaning & use
Profanation
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The act of treating something sacred with irreverence or disrespect.
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The vandalism of the shrine was condemned as a profanation of a holy site.
He saw the commercial use of the hymn as a profanation of its original meaning.
A note on using this word
"Profanation" and "profanity" share the same Latin root, "profanus," meaning "outside the temple," i.e., not sacred.
Words with a similar meaning
desecrationsacrilege
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