Definition: Anathema = to declare a person dead or incapable of living because he has committed an act that would cause harm to others. Definition: - To declare a person dead or incapable of living: "For God did not create man in his own image, but gave him a mind and sent it into the world for us to use and die as we will." - To declare someone unlivable because they are capable only of suffering: "He does not yet know how to love; he is like a child who has never heard or seen anything good."