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malignity

[ muh-lig-ni-tee ]

noun

plural malignities
  1. the state or character of being malign; malevolence; intense ill will; spite.
  2. a malignant feeling, action, etc.


malignity

/ ³¾É™Ëˆ±ôɪɡ²Ôɪ³Ùɪ /

noun

  1. the condition or quality of being malign, malevolent, or deadly
  2. often plural a malign or malicious act or feeling
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of malignity1

1350–1400; Middle English malignitee, from Latin ³¾²¹±ô¾±²µ²Ô¾±³ÙÄå²õ. See malign, -ity
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His malignity and psychopathology seem to attract followers when these same characteristics should repulse people.

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It was reptilian, insensate, Coleridge’s monster of “motiveless malignity.â€

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Our monster's malignity stems from pure narcissistic psychopathy — and he refuses to leave the stage or cease his vile mendacity.

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It would be impossible to describe the expression of hate and baffled malignity—of anger and hellish rage—which came over the Count’s face.

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In some respects it evokes Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s perception of the “motiveless malignity†of Shakespeare’s Iago.

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