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noununholy trinity (plural unholy trinities)
plural unholy trinities
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of impossible trinity.
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