Bete noire: alternatives and connections

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Bete noire

Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear.

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Anathema 92% connected

A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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