badness

English

Etymology

bad +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbæd.nəs/

Noun

badness (countable and uncountable, plural badnesses)

The quality or degree of being bad.
- 2015, J. M. Bernstein, Torture and Dignity: An Essay on Moral Injury (page 140)
  The badness of a dignitary harm derives from the victim's belief that a perpetrator is willing to override or ignore her standing as a person with rights, with dignity, as evidenced by the wrongful criminal deed; […]

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Translations

the quality of being bad

Arabic: سُوء‎ m (sūʾ)
Catalan: (childish) bua (ca) f
Esperanto: malbono
Finnish: pahuus (fi)
German: Schlechtigkeit (de) f
Greek:
Ancient Greek: κακία f (kakía)
Hebrew: רוע‎ m (ro'a)
Kurdish:
Sorani: خراپه‌‎ (ku) (xirápe)

Portuguese: ruindade (pt) f (especially in the sense of low-quality), maldade (pt) f (especially in the sense of evil)
Romanian: răutate (ro) f
Russian: него́дность (ru) f (negódnostʹ)
Spanish: maldad (es) f
Telugu: చెడ్డతనము (te) (ceḍḍatanamu)
Turkish: kötülük (tr)
Volapük: bad (vo)
Welsh: drygioni m

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