Associations to the word «Profanation»

Wiktionary

PROFANATION, noun. The act of profaning; desecration, blasphemous behaviour, defilement.

Dictionary definition

PROFANATION, noun. Blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath".
PROFANATION, noun. Degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky