Both Uses of "blasphemy" in "The Handmaid's Tale"

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Both Uses

blasphemy
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The Handmaid's Tale
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Subversion, sedition, blasphemy, heresy, all rolled into one.†
Chpt 27 *

blasphemy = disrespectful of something considered sacred
That would be blasphemy now.†
Chpt 28

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(1) (blasphemy)
something said or done that is disrespectful of something considered sacred -- especially God or religion
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)