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Wickedness vs Heinousness - What's the difference?

wickedness | heinousness | Related terms |

Wickedness is a related term of heinousness.


As nouns the difference between wickedness and heinousness

is that wickedness is the state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality while heinousness is the property of being heinous.

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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    heinousness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The property of being heinous.

    • Related terms

    * atrocity * cruelty