blasphemy
act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for a religious deity or sacred person or thing
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blasphemy
Summary
blasphemy is an insult[1]. blasphemy draws 3,808 Wikipedia views per month (insult category, ranking #3 of 12).[2]
Key Facts
- blasphemy's instance of is recorded as insult[3].
- blasphemy's instance of is recorded as contempt[4].
- blasphemy's instance of is recorded as rudeness[5].
- blasphemy's instance of is recorded as mockery[6].
- blasphemy is a type of religious offense[7].
- blasphemy is a type of criticism of religion[8].
- blasphemy's Commons category is recorded as Blasphemy[9].
- blasphemy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blasphemy[10].
- blasphemy's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
- blasphemy's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12].
- blasphemy's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[13].
- blasphemy's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
- blasphemy's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
- blasphemy's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
- blasphemy's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[17].
- blasphemy's described by source is recorded as Dresdner Hefte[18].
- blasphemy's different from is recorded as Blasphemy[19].
- blasphemy's different from is recorded as heresy[20].
- blasphemy's practiced by is recorded as blasphemer[21].
- blasphemy's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[22].
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Definition and Type
Recorded instance of include insult[3], contempt[4], rudeness[5], and mockery[6]. Recorded subclass of include religious offense[7] and criticism of religion[8].
Why It Matters
blasphemy draws 3,808 Wikipedia views per month (insult category, ranking #3 of 12).[2] blasphemy has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] blasphemy is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]