Malevolence or Malevolent may refer to:
Concepts
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Evil
Evil, as a concept, is usually defined as profoundly immoral behavior, and it is related to acts that cause unnecessary pain and suffering to others.
Evil is commonly seen as the opposite, or sometimes absence, of good. It can be an extreme ...
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Hostility
Hostility is seen as a form of emotionally charged aggressive behavior. In everyday speech, it is more commonly used as a synonym for anger and aggression.
It appears in several psychological theories. For instance it is a Facet (psychology), f ...
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Malice (law)
Malice is a law, legal term which refers to a party's Intention (criminal law), intention to do legal injury, injury to another party. Malice is either ''expressed'' or ''implied''. For example, malice is expressed when there is manifested a del ...
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Sadistic personality disorder
Sadistic personality disorder is an obsolete term for a proposed personality disorder defined by a pervasive pattern of sadistic and cruel behavior. People who fitted this diagnosis were thought to have a desire to control others and to have a ...
, the experience of feeling pleasure from the pain of others
Film and television
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''Malevolence'' (film series), a series of three slasher films by Stevan Mena
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''Malevolence'' (film), the 2003 first film in the series
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''Malevolent'' (2018 film), a British horror film by Olaf de Fleur
* ''
To Your Last Death'' (working title ''Malevolent''), a 2019 American animated horror film
* ''Malevolence'', a ship in the TV series ''
Star Wars: The Clone Wars''
Music
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Malevolence (band), an English metalcore band
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''Malevolence'' (I Declare War album) or the title song, 2010
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''Malevolence'' (New Years Day album) or the title song, 2015
Other uses
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Malevolence (plant), or ''Solanum atropurpureum'', a perennial herbaceous plant
* ''
Malevolence: The Sword of Ahkranox'', a 2012 role-playing video game
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