badness
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English baddenes, badnes, badnesse; equivalent to bad + -ness.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈbæd.nəs/
badness
- 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; […]
- German: Schlechtigkeit
- Portuguese: ruindade (especially in the sense of low-quality), maldade (especially in the sense of evil)
- Russian: негодность
- Spanish: maldad
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