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Profanity is what? Meaning and examples

Profanation is not the most popular word in the world. Therefore, the question arises, and what does it mean? Let's talk about the meaning and synonyms.

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An involuntary distortion of a high idea is profanation. And in the definition the key role is played by the adjective "high". Incorrect use of things, such as buckets, does not apply to profanity. It's another matter when it comes to such high phenomena as confession, faith, Christianity or science. And profanity is a misunderstanding, which is rooted in the lack of knowledge of a person about a particular area.

Profan and Coryphaeus

In Russian there is also a concept related to the word that we are considering. Profan - this person who does not possess any luggage of cultural knowledge, in other words, an ignoramus.

Coryphaeus, on the contrary, is an outstanding figure in any field of science or culture.

If we look at an example, it immediately becomes clear what is meant by some or other concepts. Take such a sacrament as confession. The priest, if he is real, is a coryphaeus, that is, he knows by heart the Holy Scripture and all the subtleties of the procedure. A professional is, for example, a new Russian or a businessman who considers confession a formality, only a hindrance to salvation. This is the difference between the coryphaeus and the profane: one knows the subject very well and thinks that he has not yet discovered all the secrets, and the other does not know anything properly, but he does not particularly strive to understand the essence, but why? To him and so it is good. So, we realized that profanity is a distortion of ideas. We move further to the related verb.

To profane - how to understand this?

There's nothing complicated. To profane means to insult your attitude or action with a high idea. For example, it is known that Alexander VI - the Roman pope (in the world of Rodrigo Borgia) - sold indulgences, and the canonization of certain people depended on the welfare of their relatives. And the role of actual spiritual feats was minimal in negotiations. Similar conversations can be found in Mario Puzo's historical novel The First Don. Certainly, such actions of the pope are profaning the whole institution of faith. This example helps to understand, profanity is what is.

How to get rid of distortions?

Unfortunately, in the mass to win all sorts of distortion is impossible, because the world is imperfect. And these are not common words, but a statement of fact. Everyone knows that not only the temple of faith is distorted, but also the temple of science: dissertations are defended, which should not undergo a rigorous assessment, budget places in universities are distributed not between the most talented and deserving guys and girls, but between the wealthiest. But it was always so, there is nothing surprising in this, a little sad, but what can you do. But such facts make doubly valuable the victory in any field, if a person achieves this himself.

Already having an idea of what the meaning of the word "profanation" is, one can say that the social vices of society can not be overcome alone. Therefore, it is necessary to do what depends on the person: one has to eradicate one's own ignorance, from becoming a loser to become a luminance in spite of everything. Even if the title of "knowledgeable person" is only a reputation among friends and comrades, and not an official title.

In the world there is always a lot that high ideals profane by their existence, but it is not worth paying attention to the unsightly reality. You just need to go ahead, no matter what. Bend your line. Let everyone around do it wrong, but a person guided by a high goal must counterpose himself to the whole world. Someone will say: "This is a romantic setting! Such beliefs do not work in reality! "Let it be so, but without a dream it's boring and unbearable to live.

Profanation (the meaning of the term has already been revealed earlier) is what should be first of all to fight and fight the romantic hero, if he wants to achieve success in life. And now he knows his enemy in person.

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