malevolence
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ma·lev·o·lence
(mə-lĕv'ə-ləns) 
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n.
- The quality or state of being malevolent.
- Malicious behavior.
[Middle English, from Old French malivolence, from Latin malevolentia, from malevolēns, malevolent-, malevolent : male, badly + volēns, present participle of velle, to want.]
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malevolence
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- A desire to harm others or to see others suffer: despitefulness, ill will, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, poisonousness, spite, spitefulness, venomousness, viciousness. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.
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malevolence
IN BRIEF: Ill will.
What I want you to understand, is the full evil of those who claim to have become convinced that this earth, by its nature, is a realm of malevolence where the good has no chance to win.
— Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
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Malevolence
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Malevolence may refer to:
Television, film, music, comic books
- Malevolence (1999 film), a 1999 film starring Suzanne Snyder
- Malevolence (film), a 2005 film by Stevan Mena
- Malevolence (band), a heavy metal band
- Malevolence (comics), a cosmic being from the Marvel Universe
- Malevolence (ship), a Star Wars ship
Other uses
- Malevolance (Solanum atropurpureum), a flowering shrub in the Nightshade family
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