Definitions for malignity
məˈlɪg nɪ tima·lig·ni·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. malevolence, malignitynoun

   wishing evil to others

2. malignity, malignancy, malignancenoun

   quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. malignitynoun

   The quality of being malign or malignant; badness, evilness, monstrosity, depravity, maliciousness.

2. malignitynoun

   A non-benign cancer; a malignancy.

3. Etymology: From the roots mal- ("bad") and -nitor ("strive"). Translated from the word κακοήθεια.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Malignitynoun

   Etymology: malignité, French.

   1. Malice; maliciousness.

   Deeds are done which man might charge aright
   On stubborn fate, or undiscerning might,
   Had not their guilt the lawless soldiers known,
   And made the whole malignity their own. Thomas Tickell.

   2. Contrariety to life; destructive tendency.

   Whether any tokens of poison did appear, reports are various; his physicians discerned an invincible malignity in his disease. John Hayward.

   No redress could be obtained with any vigour proportionable to the malignity of that far-spread disease. Charles I .

   3. Evilness of nature.

   This shows the high malignity of fraud, that in the natural course of it tends to the destruction of common life, by destroying trust and mutual confidence. Robert South, Sermons.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. malignity

   Malignity refers to intense ill will or hatred; great malice. It can also refer to the state or character of being malign or malevolent, often associated with harmful or destructive behaviors. In medical terms, it is used to denote the presence of a malignant disease or tumor, meaning it is serious, progressive and potentially life-threatening.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Malignitynoun

   the state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite

2. Malignitynoun

   virulence; deadly quality

3. Malignitynoun

   extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness; heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of malignity in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of malignity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of malignity in a Sentence

1. Johann Kaspar Lavater:

   A sneer is often the sign of heartless malignity.

2. Samuel Johnson:

   When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence and gratify their malice by quiet neutrality.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=malignity
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Malignity
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=malignity
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malignity