spite
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(spīt) 
n.
n.
- Malicious ill will prompting an urge to hurt or humiliate.
- An instance of malicious feeling.
- To show spite toward.
- To vent spite on.
- To fill with spite.
- To annoy: He did it just to spite her.
in spite of
- Not stopped by; regardless of: They kept going in spite of their fears.
[Middle English, short for despit. See despite.]
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spite
noun
- A desire to harm others or to see others suffer: despitefulness, ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, poisonousness, spitefulness, venomousness, viciousness. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.
- The quality or condition of being vindictive: revenge, spitefulness, vengefulness, vindictiveness. See forgiveness/vindictiveness.
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spite
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Definition: hateful feeling
Antonyms: benevolence, liking, love, loving
v
Definition: offend, hurt
Antonyms: forgive, help, love, please
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IN BRIEF: n. - Feeling a need to see others suffer v. - In opposition to all efforts of; Notwithstanding.
Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.
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This article is about spite in the context of fair division, a branch of theoretical economics. The word is also used in psychology and in the study of social evolution. For other uses, see Spite (disambiguation).
In fair division problems, spite is a phenomenon that occurs when a player's value of an allocation decreases when one or more other players' valuation increases. Thus, other things being equal, a player exhibiting spite will prefer an allocation in which other players receive less than more (if more of the good is desirable).
In this language, spite is difficult to analyze because one has to assess two sets of preferences. For example, in the divide and choose method, a spiteful player would have to make a trade-off between depriving his opponent of cake, and getting more himself.
Within the field of social evolution, spite is used to describe those social behaviors that have a negative impact on both the actor and recipient(s). Spite can be favored by kin selection when: (a) it leads to an indirect benefit to some third party that is sufficiently related to the actor (Wilsonian spite); or (b) when it is directed primarily at negatively-related individuals (Hamiltonian spite). Negative relatedness occurs when two individuals are less related than average.
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In game theory
The iterated prisoner's dilemma provides an example where players may "punish" each other for failing to cooperate in previous rounds, even if doing so would cause negative consequences for both players. For example, the simple "tit for tat" strategy has been shown to be effective in round-robin tournaments of iterated prisoner's dilemma.
In industrial relations
There is always difficulty in fairly dividing the proceeds of a business between the business owners and the employees.
When a trade union decides to call a strike, both employer and the union members lose money (and may damage the national economy). The unionists hope that the employer will give in to their demands before such losses have destroyed the business.[clarification needed - weak example]
In the reverse direction, an employer may terminate the employment of certain productive workers who are agitating for higher wages or organising a trade union. Losing productive workers is a setback to both the business and the employees but this can serve as an example to others and thus maximise employer power.
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Spite
Dansk (Danish)
n. - ondskabsfuldhed, malice, ondskab, småligt nag
v. tr. - chikanere, ærgre, plage, trodse
idioms:
- in spite of på trods af
- in spite of oneself mod sin vilje
Nederlands (Dutch)
boosaardigheid, wrok, beledigen, moedwillig slecht behandelen
Français (French)
n. - méchanceté, malveillance, rancune
v. tr. - ennuyer/agacer (pour offenser qn), blesser, offenser (arch)
idioms:
- in spite of malgré que, en dépit de
- in spite of oneself malgré soi
Deutsch (German)
n. - Boshaftigkeit
v. - ärgern
idioms:
- in spite of trotz, obwohl
- in spite of oneself wider seinen eigenen Willen
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κακία, έχθρα, μνησικακία, άχτι, αγανάκτηση
v. - πειράζω, φουρκίζω, εξοργίζω
idioms:
- in spite of παρά, σε πείσμα
- in spite of oneself παρά την απροθυμία μου
Italiano (Italian)
malizia, astio
idioms:
- in spite of nonostante
- in spite of oneself proprio malgrado
Português (Portuguese)
n. - ressentimento (m)
v. - vingar-se, irritar
idioms:
- in spite of apesar de
- in spite of oneself sem ter a intenção de
Русский (Russian)
злоба, враждебность, делать назло, досаждать, относиться враждебно
idioms:
- in spite of несмотря на, вопреки
- in spite of oneself невольно
Español (Spanish)
n. - mala intención, rencor, resentimiento, malicia
v. tr. - molestar, mortificar, hacer rabiar
idioms:
- in spite of pese a que, a despecho de
- in spite of oneself pese a sí mismo, a pesar de sí mismo
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ondska, illvilja, elakhet, agg, motvilja
v. - bemöta med illvilja, förarga, reta
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
恶意, 不顾, 怨恨, 故意刁难, 欺侮
idioms:
- in spite of 虽然
- in spite of oneself 不由自主地
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 惡意, 不顧, 怨恨
v. tr. - 故意刁難, 欺侮
idioms:
- in spite of 雖然
- in spite of oneself 不由自主地
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 심술, 원한, 앙심
v. tr. - ~에 심술부리다, 괴롭히다, 화나게 하다
idioms:
- in spite of ~에도 불구하고, ~을 무릅쓰고
- in spite of oneself 저도 모르게, 무심코, 자기 의사와 반대로
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 悪意, 意地悪, 恨み
v. - 意地悪をする
idioms:
- in spite of …にもかかわらず, ものともせず
- in spite of oneself 我知らず, 思わず
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) ضغينه, نكايه, سوء نيه (فعل) أغاضه عمدا, أحنقه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - רוע-לב, טינה, איבה
v. tr. - הכעיס, הרגיז במתכוון
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