profanismn.
/prəˈfeɪnɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /prəˈfeɪˌnɪz(ə)m/, /proʊˈfeɪˌnɪz(ə)m/ rare.
Profaneness, profanity.
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society > faith > worship > sacrilege > [noun] > quality of being sacrilegious
profaneness?1578
profanism1607
sacrilegiousness1727
society > faith > worship > sacrilege > blasphemy > [noun]
cursingc1050
blasphemyc1230
blaspheme1384
blasphemingc1430
blasphement1544
blasphemationc1550
profanity1563
profaneness?1578
profanism1607
1607 J. Marston What you Will iv. i Bee it spoken without prophanisme, hee hath more in this traine.
1888 N.Y. Times 6 Dec. in Russ. Rev. (1971) 30 253 He dethrones art in order to assert profanism and sacrilege.
1950 Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) 20 Apr. 3 It [sc. a play] caused a furor on the campus. Two weeks before it appeared it had been hailed as..‘conceived in purest profanism and dedicated to the anti-Christ.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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