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Wickedness vs Evilness - What's the difference?

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Wickedness is a related term of evilness.


As nouns the difference between wickedness and evilness

is that wickedness is the state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality while evilness is the quality or state of being evil.

wickedness

English

(wikipedia wickedness)

Noun

(es)
  • The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
  • * 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
    • We speak of wickedness as something in the soul different from virtue.
  • A wicked or sinful thing or act; morally bad or objectionable behaviour.

    • Quotations

    * *: And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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    evilness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality or state of being evil.
    • Many people think that Adolf Hitler's actions in World War II were of utmost evilness.

    Synonyms

    * badness * viciousness * malignity * vileness

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