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Although '''<s>anathemised</s>''' has been seen in print, as well as in students' writing, it is not recorded in the second edition of ''[[OED]]''.  This is strong evidence that it is not a good word.

Use the traditional '''anathematised''' instead.  (It derives from the [[plural]], in its original language, of [[anathema]], which is a [[Greek]] word for 'a curse', or the expression of a desire that God may abandon the person cursed.  (The plural is ''[[anathemata]]''.) Nowadays, '''anathematise''' has lost much of its religious meaning. It usually means a strong expression of disgust or disagreement, often leading to such proposals as one to expel the offender from the association, club, party, etc., to which both the person offended and the offender belong.  The [[plural]] of the Greek word, [[anathemata]], means 'a collection of curses'.)

'''<strike>Anathemised</strike>''' is just '''anathematised''' with a [[syllable]] left out, through either ignorance or laziness.  If you want to be considered a good student, try to avoid your tutor's [[anathemata]], by being neither ignorant nor lazy.

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