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cat·ti·ness

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness, nastinessnoun

    malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

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  1. cattinessnoun

    The quality of being catty; cattishness

Wikipedia

  1. cattiness

    Gossip is idle talk or rumour, especially about the personal or private affairs of others; the act is also known as dishing or tattling.Gossip is a topic of research in evolutionary psychology, which has found gossip to be an important means for people to monitor cooperative reputations and so maintain widespread indirect reciprocity. Indirect reciprocity is a social interaction in which one actor helps another and is then benefited by a third party. Gossip has also been identified by Robin Dunbar, an evolutionary biologist, as aiding social bonding in large groups.

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  1. cattiness

    Cattiness refers to the act of being deliberately mean-spirited, malicious, spiteful, or nasty, often involving gossip or backhanded comments. This term is often associated with women and feminine behavior, particularly in instances of subtle or indirect social aggressions.

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  1. scantiest

  2. tacitness

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cattiness in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cattiness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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