ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

AT-HAR10-0009 · ATLAS 251

Execration

A cursing or vehemently condemnatory utterance directed against a person, act or condition.

Explanation

A cursing or vehemently condemnatory utterance directed against a person, act or condition. Shows how speech can intensify moral rejection into symbolic annihilation.

Example

Cursed be every map that conceals its invented sources.

Counterexample

Maps should disclose their sources.

Distinction

Probrum shames; execration curses and invokes ill upon its object.

Effect on thought and perception

Shows how speech can intensify moral rejection into symbolic annihilation.

Resonance

Negative affect exceeds reproach and becomes a destructive wish.

Cite this entry

Reich, Michael (Hrsg./ed.): „Execration“. Atlas der Sprache, AT-HAR10-0009. ATLAS 251, data model 1.6.0. https://atlasoflanguage.com/concept/AT-HAR10-0009

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