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spite

  (spīt) pronunciation
n.
  1. Malicious ill will prompting an urge to hurt or humiliate.
  2. An instance of malicious feeling.
tr.v., spit·ed, spit·ing, spites.
    1. To show spite toward.
    2. To vent spite on.
    1. To fill with spite.
    2. To annoy: He did it just to spite her.
idiom:

in spite of

  1. Not stopped by; regardless of: They kept going in spite of their fears.

[Middle English, short for despit. See despite.]


 
 
Antonyms: spite

n

Definition: hateful feeling
Antonyms: benevolence, liking, love, loving

v

Definition: offend, hurt
Antonyms: forgive, help, love, please


 
Word Tutor: spite
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: n. - Feeling a need to see others suffer v. - In opposition to all efforts of; Notwithstanding.

pronunciation Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you. — Denis Waitley

 
Wikipedia: spite
This page 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 articles with similar names, 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 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 favoured 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.

In game theory

The iterated prisoner's dilemma provides an example where players may "punish" each other for failing to cooperate in previous rounds. 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.

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.

See also

References

    • Foster, K.R., Wenseleers, T. & Ratnieks, F.L.W. (2001) Spite: Hamilton's unproven theory. Annales Zoologici Fennici, p. 38,229-238. [1]
    • Gardner, A. & West, S.A. (2006) Spite. Current Biology, p. 16,R662-R664.[2]

     
    Misspellings: in spite

    Common misspelling(s) of in spite

    • inspite

     
    Translations: Translations for: 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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