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maleficence::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | balefulness, mischief |
| Type of | evil, evilness |
| Derivation | maleficent |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | malevolence, malignity |
| Derivation | maleficent |
Examples of maleficence
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Is this malicious maleficence or the ecological reality of the complex food web?
From the dailyherald.com
Others have added non-maleficence, human dignity and the sanctity of life to this list of cardinal values.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Terms like beneficence and non-maleficence are vital to the overall understanding of medical ethics.
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The antonym of this term, maleficence, describes a practice which opposes the welfare of any research participant.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Nursing ethics shares many principles with medical ethics, such as beneficence, non-maleficence and respect for autonomy.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It's common knowledge that it's the maleficence of bankers, financers and speculators that have brought about the global collapse.
From the scoop.co.nz
Bin Laden, who is incommunicado anyway, isn't required to authorize such comparatively minor maleficence but merely to inspire it.
From the time.com
Some American physicians interpret the non-maleficence principle to exclude the practice of euthanasia, though not all concur.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A creature of such magnificent maleficence, who rules less by his own considerable powers than by others'fear of him, feeds on cunning and hatred.
From the time.com
- Doing or causing evil
- The quality or nature of being harmful or evil
- Harmfulness or mischief
