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unholy trinity

unholy trinity noun: a set of three antagonistic and closely associated people or things.

Noun

unholy trinity (plural unholy trinities)

  1. A set of three antagonistic and closely associated people or things.
    • In her essay "Zora Neale Hurston: A Cautionary Tale and a Partisan View," Alice Walker deems Hurston, Billie Holiday, and Bessie Smith "an unholy trinity."2005, Cheryl A. Wall, Worrying the Line: Black Women Writers, Lineage, and Literary Tradition
  2. Synonym of impossible trinity.

Synonyms of unholy trinity

Forms of unholy trinity

pluralunholy trinities

Questions about unholy trinity

What does unholy trinity mean?
Unholy trinity means a set of three antagonistic and closely associated people or things.
What part of speech is unholy trinity?
Unholy trinity is a noun.
What is the plural of unholy trinity?
The plural of unholy trinity is unholy trinities.

Words near unholy trinity in the dictionary

  1. unholstering
  2. unholsters
  3. unholy
  4. unholy alliance
  5. unholy trinities
  6. unholy trinity
  7. unholy water
  8. unhome
  9. unhomed
  10. unhomelike
  11. unhomelikeness

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