badness

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbæd.nəs/

Noun

badness

1. The quality or degree of being bad.
   • 2015, J. M. Bernstein, Torture and Dignity: An Essay on Moral Injury (page 140)

     The badness of a dignitary harm derives from the victim's belief that a perpetrator is willing to override or ignore her standing as a person with rights, with dignity, as evidenced by the wrongful criminal deed; […]

Synonyms

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Translations

• German: Schlechtigkeit
• Portuguese: ruindade (especially in the sense of low-quality), maldade (especially in the sense of evil)
• Russian: него́дность
• Spanish: maldad

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