viciousnessとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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viciousness (countable and uncountable, plural viciousnesses)

1. The characteristic of being vicious.

   Synonyms: viciosity, vitiosity

2. The desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty.
   • 2017 June 12, Betsy Klein, quoting Ivanka Trump, “Ivanka Trump: ‘There is a level of viciousness that I was not expecting’”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 20 July 2017:

     “It is hard. And there is a level of viciousness that I was not expecting. I was not expecting the intensity of this experience, but this isn’t supposed to be easy. My father and this administration intends to be transformative, and we want to do big, bold things and we’re looking to change the status quo. So I didn’t expect it to be easy. I think some of the distractions and some of the ferocity was — I was a little blindsided by on a personal level,” she said.