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Denunciation vs Anathematization - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between denunciation and anathematization

is that denunciation is proclamation; announcement; a publishing while anathematization is the act of anathematizing; vigorous denunciation.

denunciation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Proclamation; announcement; a publishing.
  • The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment.
  • That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment.
  • anathematization

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of anathematizing; vigorous denunciation.
  • * 1864 , , Our Mutual Friend , ch. 2:
  • "He burst in on his father, and pleaded his sister's cause. Venerable parent promptly resorts to anathematization , and turns him out."
  • * 1916 , , Little Journeys Vol. 4: Eminent Painters , "Michelangelo":
  • Michelangelo very naturally seconded the anathematization of the Bolognese by Julius, not so much for the insult to the Pope as for the wretched lack of taste they had shown in destroying a work of art.

    Synonyms

    * condemnation, vilification