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What (who) is UNHOLY - definition
SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPT
Sacred–profane dichotomy; Dichotomy sacred/profane; Distinction between sacred and profane; The sacred and the profane; Sacred-profane; Dichotomy of profane and sacred; Sacred or profane; Sacred/profane; Sacred-profane dichotomy; The Unholy; Unholiness; Unholy
Unholy
·adj Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious.
unholy
1.
You use unholy to emphasize how unreasonable or unpleasant you think something is.
She protested that it wasn't traditional jazz at all, but an unholy row...
The economy is still an unholy mess.
= horrendous
ADJ: ADJ n [emphasis]
2.
If you refer to two or more people or groups working together as an unholy alliance, you mean that this arrangement is unusual because the people usually oppose each other.
If the government does fall it will be because of this unholy alliance between the far right and the left...
Westerners charged that the party was run by an unholy coalition between North and South.
ADJ: ADJ n [disapproval]
3.
If you describe something as unholy, you mean that it is wicked or bad.
'This ought to be fun,' he told Alex, eyes gleaming with an almost unholy relish...
ADJ: usu ADJ n
unholy
a.
1.
Unhallowed, unsanctified, profane, ungodly.
2.
Undevout, irreligious, ungodly, impious, irreverent, wicked, sinful, profane, evil.
Wikipedia
Profanum
Profanum is the Latin word for "profane". The state of being profane, or "profanity," refers to a lack of respect for things that are held to be sacred, which implies anything inspiring or deserving of reverence, as well as behaviour showing similar disrespect or causing religious offense.
The distinction between the sacred and the profane was considered by Émile Durkheim to be central to the social reality of human religion.
Examples of use of UNHOLY
1. The war on terror continues, as do America‘s unholy alliances.
2. But then Galloway is no stranger to unholy alliances.
3. The Pope has lived a cloistered life, rarely exposed to the unholy nuances of world politics.
4. Katrina hits and the unholy trinity is immediately invoked to damn sinner–in–chief George W.
5. A judge criticised the "unholy mess" after failures by Poland to fly defendants home.