Evility

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state, quality or an instance of being evil. countable, uncountable

    "For as a metaphor for radical evil, the Holocaust provided a standard of evaluation for judging the evility of other threatening acts."

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evilness

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"For as a metaphor for radical evil, the Holocaust provided a standard of evaluation for judging the evility of other threatening acts."

Etymology

From evil + -ity.

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