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Noun Concept
Categories: Cruelty, Abuse, Aggression, Suffering, Concepts in ethics
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cruelty  cruelness  harshness  cruel  Be mean
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The quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance WordNet 3.0
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The quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Cruelty is the pleasure in inflicting suffering or the inaction towards another's suffering when a clear remedy is readily available. Wikipedia
Pleasure in inflicting suffering or inaction towards another's suffering Wikipedia Disambiguation
Positive pleasure or indifference in inflicting suffering Wikidata
Positive pleasure or indifference in inflicting suffering. OmegaWiki
Indifference towards the suffering of another and even deriving a positive feeling from it. OmegaWiki
The state of being cruel; cruelty. Wiktionary
An indifference to suffering or pleasure in inflicting suffering. Wiktionary
Indifference to suffering. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
malevolence
vice
HAS KIND
ferociousness
murderousness
DERIVATION
barbarous
harsh
OPPOSITE OF
kindness
mercy
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
cruelty, cruelness, harshness
Wikipedia
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cruelty
Wikidata
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cruelty
Wiktionary
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cruelness, cruelty
OmegaWiki
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cruel, cruelty
Wikipedia Redirections
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Be mean, Being mean, cruel, Cruelly, Cruelness, Cruelties, Cruely, extreme cruelty, Hostile behavior, inhumane, Truculently
Wikidata Alias
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mercilessness

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