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It would be standard to qualify it with "to...." or "in....". Tom Send a noteboard - 25/09/2011 03:18:54 PM
as in:

Having a balanced point of view appears to be anathema in contemporary America.

or:

Having a balanced point of view appears to be anathema to members of Congress.

Not qualifying it is theoretically okay, but it does look a bit odd. It implies that it is anathema, say, to God, or the universe.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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