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Noun
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America’s stable vision of the world relied on the belief that good and evil are clearly delineated—a belief that was easier to maintain in the absence of complicating information.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
The New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2025 -
In a quiet and picturesque fishing village in Northern France, a very special child is born, unleashing a secret war between extraterrestrial forces of good and evil.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Or watch Margaret Hamilton terrorize Dorothy before getting the backstory behind her wickedness.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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There is killing and hatred and strife on every level and spiritual wickedness in high places.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Segregationists resisted integration by calling it a threat, arguing that interracial relationships would foster immorality.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2025
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Just as important, many have come to understand that the outside world hardly resembles the wasteland of deprivation, immorality, and criminality that official propaganda depicts.—
Jieun Baek,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Nov. 2016
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“Detestableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detestableness. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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