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Maliciousness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being malicious; malevolence or malice. countable, uncountable

    "The maliciousness of this gossip is directly proportional to the distance from the casket and the bereaved."

  2. 2
    feeling a need to see others suffer wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English maliciousnes; equivalent to malicious + -ness.

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