perniciousness
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9.9
- noun
- /pərˈnɪʃəsnəs/
- Formal
- The perniciousness of misinformation can lead to serious consequences for society.
Examples
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Yet somehow, he considers that a historic blow against the perniciousness of "freedom of choice," whatever that means, which, to be honest, I don't.
Blog text (31) -
Although Lee makes passing reference to anti-radicalism in immigration policy, in my opinion, the persistence and perniciousness
Academic text (1999) -
The doctor warned us about the perniciousness of smoking and its effects on health.
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The report highlighted the perniciousness of environmental pollution on wildlife.
Synonyms
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3.5
Something that slowly harms people or a group, for example hate
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7.2
How poisonous a substance is to people or animals
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6.8
A tendency to cause damage to people or things
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6.1
The chance that something will harm people or property
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4.8
How much something can hurt people, animals, or things
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9.1
The quality of being harmful in a slow, hidden way that is hard to notice
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8.2
A harmful effect that slowly damages people or groups
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8.9
How harmful or poisonous something is
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9.7
A very harmful and cruel way of being that hurts other people
A quality that makes something able to kill people or animals
A look or feeling that seems threatening
A state that is likely to cause great damage
A situation likely to cause harm or injury
Antonyms
How Harmful
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6.8
- Formal
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9.9
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1.0
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6.3
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3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
perniciousness = pernicious (transparent) = pernicious + ness
Forming the noun from the adjective 'pernicious' with the productive suffix '-ness' yields the predictable meaning 'the state or quality of being pernicious'.
Etymology
Perniciousness comes from Latin parts per- meaning 'completely' and -nic- from a word for 'kill' or 'destruction'. That's why perniciousness describes something that is very harmful or deadly.