Bête noire
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Marquis de Sade is the bête noire of the Enlightenment. --Sholem Stein |
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Bête noire (French for black beast) is an anathema; someone or something which is particularly disliked or avoided; an object of aversion, the bane of one’s existence, a pet peeve or pet hate.
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