😈 Wickedness ⛪ Unbelief or heresy

miscreancy

1 9.9

Very bad actions that break the law

noun
/ˈmɪskrɪənsi/

Archaic

: maldad

She was appalled by the miscreancy displayed at the party last night.

Examples

The miscreancy of the criminals shocked the entire community.
Every day you read tales of miscreancy in finance, politics, organized religion, and its cultural counterpart, organized sports.

Blog text (21)
The detective uncovered a long history of miscreancy among the city's leaders.

Synonyms

wrongdoing

vsmiscreancy

117 3.7

Bad actions that break the law or moral rules

covers the general state, not only specific illegal acts

wickedness

vsmiscreancy

28 5.2

A state of being morally wrong or evil

is broader, including both immorality and criminal acts

mischief

vsmiscreancy

27 3.2

Bad actions that cause harm to people or property on purpose

is the broader moral state that also includes criminal motives

depravity

vsmiscreancy

Formal

25 8.8

A state of very bad moral behavior

also includes ordinary wicked or criminal behaviour, not only extreme cases

criminality

vsmiscreancy

24 5.6

The amount of crime or the number of people who break the law in an area

adds noncriminal immorality as part of the overall condition

immorality

vsmiscreancy

23 6.3

Bad behavior that people see as wrong or evil

adds that criminal status is also part of the broader state

iniquity

vsmiscreancy

Literature

21 9.5

Very bad or unfair actions that harm people

is the general condition of being immoral or criminal, not only injustice

ugliness

vsmiscreancy

20 4.6

A quality of being morally bad or cruel

is the clinical state of immorality or criminal involvement

villainy

vsmiscreancy

16 8.1

Very bad actions that hurt other people

is the overall state including such acts and immoral traits

enormity

vsmiscreancy

Formal

9 8.9

Great evil that shocks people

includes those shocking acts plus ordinary immorality and crime

perversity

vsmiscreancy

9 8.6

To do things on purpose that are wrong or go against what others expect

is the wider state including both deliberate and non deliberate immorality

evilness

vsmiscreancy

8 6.5

A quality of doing very bad things and wanting to harm people

adds that criminal behaviour also falls under this broader state

wrongness

vsmiscreancy

6 6.8

A state of being not accepted by society or by moral standards

is the fuller state that can include social and legal wrongs

badness

vsmiscreancy

4 3.4

The state of being unpleasant, harmful or wrong

is specifically about moral or criminal wrongness rather than general poor quality

deviance

vsmiscreancy

4 7.9

Behavior that most people in a group do not accept

is the deeper state of being morally wrong or criminal

deviancy

vsmiscreancy

3 7.9

Behavior that most people in a society do not accept

refers more narrowly to moral or criminal condition itself

vileness

vsmiscreancy

2 8.0

Very bad and morally wrong behavior

is the broader condition that also highlights criminality

wrongfulness

vsmiscreancy

Formal

1 7.4

Something that is not right according to law or morals

is the wider condition including such unlawful or immoral acts

foulness

vsmiscreancy

1 7.9

Very bad and immoral behavior that harms other people

is the general state that also covers criminal involvement

sordidness

vsmiscreancy

1 8.8

A state of being dirty and morally bad

focuses only on moral or criminal state, not physical squalor

sleaziness

vsmiscreancy

Literature

1 8.1

Being dishonest and unfair in a way that harms others

is more general, including noncorrupt immorality or criminal acts

filthiness

vsmiscreancy

1 5.3

A state of being morally bad because of wrong actions

is broader, including both impurity and wrongful criminal acts

perverseness

vsmiscreancy

1 8.4

Doing things on purpose that are wrong or against what others expect

is the overall condition including less intentional immoral acts

nefariousness

vsmiscreancy

Formal

1 9.6

Very evil behaviour that harms other people

covers serious wrongdoing but also less extreme immorality

egregiousness

vsmiscreancy

Formal

1 9.8

A quality of being very bad and shocking

also covers ordinary immorality and criminal behaviour beyond shock

villainousness

vsmiscreancy

9.2

Being very bad and cruel to other people

is broader, applying to both character and criminal actions

maleficence

vsmiscreancy

Formal

9.9

The act of doing harm or evil to others

also covers passive immoral character, not only harmful acts

criminalness

vsmiscreancy

Formal

9.1

Being involved in illegal acts

is broader, covering immoral behavior even if not illegal

disgracefulness

vsmiscreancy

7.8

The state of deserving public shame because of wrong actions

is about the internal state of immorality, not public reaction

Antonyms

goodness

82 1.0

Kind, honest, and fair behaviour in a person

virtuousness

1 6.9

Being honest and doing what is right

How Moral

virtue

259 3.8

morality

282 4.6

wrongdoing

117 3.7

miscreancy

Archaic

1 9.9

evil

∞ 3.0

Surface Forms

miscreancy singular

miscreancies plural

Morphology

miscreancy = miscreant (transparent) = miscreant + cy

Direct nominalization of 'miscreant' to indicate the state or quality of being wicked or villainous.

Etymology

Miscreancy later also came to mean 'wickedness' because the related word miscreant moved from 'an unbeliever' to 'a bad person' in ordinary speech. So miscreancy can mean the state of being 'wicked' or 'criminal'.