sacrosanctity
State beyond criticism
Sacrosanctity is the quality of being sacred and inviolable—beyond criticism, interference, or tampering.
The word carries a tone of reverence, sometimes genuine, sometimes ironic: the sacrosanctity of marriage, the sacrosanctity of the Constitution.
When used critically, it suggests that something is treated as more untouchable than it deserves to be.
Dedicated to the divine
- divineOf or from gods
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
- hallowedMade or regarded holy
- blessedReceiving divine favor
sacredness · holiness · piety · devotion · worship · altar · chapel · monastery
Impossible to breach
- untouchableExempt from criticism or harm
- unassailableImpossible to attack successfully
- absoluteTotal, without qualification
- immutableIncapable of being changed
protected · unalterable · impregnable · unchangeable · inalienable · unyielding · perpetual · irreversible
holy
Dedicated to the divine
- divineOf or from gods
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
- hallowedMade or regarded holy
blessed · sacredness · holiness · piety · devotion · worship · altar · chapel · monastery · relic
inviolable
Impossible to breach
- untouchableExempt from criticism or harm
- unassailableImpossible to attack successfully
- absoluteTotal, without qualification
immutable · protected · unalterable · impregnable · unchangeable · inalienable · unyielding · perpetual · irreversible · vested
veneration
Profound admiring respect
- aweReverent fear and wonder
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
respect · homage · solemnity · devotion · esteem · adoration · piety · sublimity · exaltation · glorification
- Roman Republicconsul, Roman Republic, veto power, senator, tribune
- Roman Tribunestribune
- tribunes
sacrosanctitydispensability
Quality of being unneeded
expendability · vulnerability · profanation · desecration · defilement
sacrosanctityprofanity
Vulgar or obscene speech
profaneness · secularity · worldliness · mundanity · unholy
sacrosanctityvulnerability
Openness to harm
expendability · dispensability · revocability · mutability · alterability
sacred, sanctuary, sanction, sanctity, sacrament, sanctify, sanctions, sanctioned, consecrate