vindictiveness

English

Etymology

From vindictive +‎ -ness.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

vindictiveness (usually uncountable, plural vindictivenesses)

  1. The condition of being vindictive; a malevolent desire for revenge.
    Synonym: vindictivity (rare)
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXIX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 326:
      Lord Avonleigh was an angry rather than a vindictive man. Vindictiveness requires more energy of character than he possessed. Indeed, it may be questioned whether he would of himself have taken the violent measures of the preceding evening.

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References

  1. ^ “vindictiveness, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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