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a denunciation invoking a wish or threat of evil or injury

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Synonyms for malediction

the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)

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Wiley, The Maledictory Psalms, 15 PERITIA 261, 271 (2001) ("Some Irish curses ...
Defending blasphemy: exploring religious expression under Ireland's blasphemy law
Intent is perceived by free speech theorists such as Judith Butler (1997), and more recently by Commissioners who hear complaints of vilification, (4) to be inadequate as the central tool determining the significance and effect of maledictory hate.
The second contextual factor in relation to maledictory hate is hate violence.
In terrorem: 'with their tanks and their bombs, and their bombs and their guns, in your head' (1)
Schmitz sees An Autobiography as "defiant, litigious, maledictory," a "resisting text" whose "contrary logic" consistently contests both Anglo-Indianist discourse and the actions of white Americans (Schmitz 1992:2).
Black Hawk's 'An Autobiography': the production and use of an "Indian" voice
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