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I never write about CIA conspiracies or the FBI or mafia or anything like that because I just don't understand that world. But I think I do understand individual human harmfulness.
Sophie Hannah

Meaning of "harmfulness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HARMFULNESS

harmfulness  [ˈhɑːmfʊlnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARMFULNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Harmfulness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HARMFULNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

harmfulness

Major trauma

Major trauma is injury that can potentially lead to serious outcomes. For research purposes the definition is often based on an injury severity score of greater than 15. There are many causes of injury that can affect a person in different ways, both anatomically and physiologically. Depending on the severity of injury, quick management and transport to an appropriate facility may be necessary to prevent loss of life or limb. Various classification scales exist for use with trauma to determine the severity of injuries, which is used to determine the resources used and for statistical collection. The initial assessment is critical in determining the extent of injuries and what will be needed to manage an injury, and treating immediate life threats. The assessment involves a physical evaluation and can also include the use of imaging tools to accurately determine a type of injury and to formulate a course of treatment. In 2002, unintentional and intentional injuries were the fifth and seventh leading causes of deaths worldwide, accounting for 6.23% and 2.84% of all deaths.

Definition of harmfulness in the English dictionary

The definition of harmfulness in the dictionary is the quality or state of causing or tending to cause harm; injuriousness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HARMFULNESS


beautifulness
ˈbjuːtɪfʊlnəs
blamefulness
ˈbleɪmfʊlnəs
dreamfulness
ˈdriːmfʊlnəs
eventfulness
ɪˈvɛntfʊlnəs
hatefulness
ˈheɪtfʊlnəs
healthfulness
ˈhɛlθfʊlnəs
meaningfulness
ˈmiːnɪŋfʊlnəs
needfulness
ˈniːdfʊlnəs
powerfulness
ˈpaʊəfʊlnəs
restfulness
ˈrɛstfʊlnəs
shamefulness
ˈʃeɪmfʊlnəs
soulfulness
ˈsəʊlfʊlnəs
stormfulness
ˈstɔːmfʊlnəs
successfulness
səkˈsɛsfʊlnəs
ungratefulness
ʌnˈɡreɪtfʊlnəs
unlawfulness
ʌnˈlɔːfʊlnəs
willfulness
ˈwɪlfʊlnəs
wishfulness
ˈwɪʃfʊlnəs
wonderfulness
ˈwʌndəfʊlnəs
wrongfulness
ˈrɒŋfʊlnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HARMFULNESS

harm
harmala
harmaline
harman
harmattan
harmdoing
harmer
harmful
harmfully
harmless
harmlessly
harmlessness
harmolodic
harmolodics
harmonic
harmonic analysis
harmonic distortion
harmonic mean
harmonic minor scale
harmonic motion

WORDS THAT END LIKE HARMFULNESS

business
carefulness
coolness
evilness
faithfulness
forgetfulness
fruitfulness
fullness
gracefulness
helpfulness
illness
joyfulness
mental illness
mindfulness
stillness
thankfulness
thoughtfulness
truthfulness
usefulness
wastefulness
wellness

Synonyms and antonyms of harmfulness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «harmfulness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HARMFULNESS

Find out the translation of harmfulness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of harmfulness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «harmfulness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

危害
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nocividad
570 millions of speakers

English

harmfulness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनिष्टमयता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أضرار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вредоносность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nocividade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

harmfulness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nocivité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berbahaya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schädlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

有害
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유해성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mbebayani
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

harmfulness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हानीकारकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zararlılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nocività
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szkodliwość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шкідливість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

harmfulness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βλαπτικότητας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skadelike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skadlighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skadelighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of harmfulness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HARMFULNESS»

The term «harmfulness» is normally little used and occupies the 111.316 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HARMFULNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «harmfulness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «harmfulness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about harmfulness

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QUOTES WITH «HARMFULNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word harmfulness.
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Sophie Hannah
I never write about CIA conspiracies or the FBI or mafia or anything like that because I just don't understand that world. But I think I do understand individual human harmfulness.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARMFULNESS»

Discover the use of harmfulness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to harmfulness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The choice of crops for alkali land
... pervious and the drainage is poorest. 446 EFFECT OF ALKALI UPON PLANT GROWTH. The harmfulness of alkali THE CHOICE OP CROPS POR ALKALI LAND. 7 Reasons for the appearance of alkali.
Thomas Henry Kearney, 1911
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The Cycle of Violence: Addressing Victimization & Future ...
This qualitative study explores self development subsequent to childhood victimization.
Patrick J. Harvey, 2009
3
Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics, Second Edition: ...
Ideally, increased perceptions of harmfulness of illicit drugs and increased disapproval of illicit drug use would lower actual use rates. Efforts to educate young people about the harmfulness of illicit drugs and to convince young people that ...
Matthew B. Robinson, Renee G. Scherlen, 2014
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics: A Critical ...
Ideally, increased perceptions of harmfulness of illicit drugs and increased disapproval of illicit drug use would lower actual use rates. Efforts to educate young people about the harmfulness of illicit drugs and to convince young people that ...
Matthew B. Robinson, Renee G. Scherlen, 2007
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Advances in Databases and Information Systems: Associated ...
To make our research more applicable to Internet auctions we propose a simple method for rating the types of complaints along their harmfulness. We propose harmfulness to be the difference between the frequency of occurrence of negative ...
Janis Grundspenkis, Marite Kirikova, Yannis Manolopoulos, 2010
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Two important issues to consider when discussing marketing ethics are product harmfulness and consumer vulnerabil- ity.5 A classification of product harmfulness/ consumer vulnerability applied to marketing decision making is presented in ...
Barry J. Babin, Eric Harris, 2010
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The Courts, Social Science, and School Desegregation
Ill The Avoidance Strategy Although the contemporary context is characterized by a growing doubt as to the harmfulness of segregation and by an increased awareness of both the need to make an explicit relational judgment and the difficulty ...
Betsy Levin, Willis D. Hawley, 1977
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Tobacco and Health
HARMFULNESS. OF. CIGARETTE. SMOKING. Jerzy Kozielski, Kazimierz Oklek, Jolanta Szurkowska, Andrzej Krzywiecki, and Roman Rauer Silesian Medical School Department of Pneumonology Zabrze, Poland On the lines of a previous ...
K. Slama, 1995
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Hume’s Reflection on Religion
We will not examine, however, Hume's famous thesis that morality is independent of religion.3 8.2 THE MORAL HARMFULNESS OF RELIGION But what are precisely the undesirable moral effects of religion? There are major as well as minor ...
Miguel A. Badía Cabrera, 2001
10
Sociology: Your Compass for a New World
The second dimension of deviance and crime is the perceived harmfulness of the deviant or criminal act. Some deviant acts, such as rape, are generally seen as very harmful, whereas others, such as tattooing, are commonly regarded as ...
Robert Brym, John Lie, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARMFULNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term harmfulness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Things we say to kids that sound positive but can be detrimental …
In fact, it can distract us from the harmfulness of certain goals — and of certain ways of teaching and assessing — by suggesting that more effort ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
Stimulants: Abuse and Performance Enhancement (or Lack Thereof …
Arria AM, Caldeira KM, Vincent KB, et al: Perceived harmfulness predicts nonmedical use of prescription drugs among college students: interactions with ... «Focus, Jul 15»
3
Atheism Peaks, While Spiritual Groups Move Toward Convergence
... as “superstitions” or examples of “magical thinking”, while people listed as religious preach regularly about the harmfulness of superstition. «Science 2.0, Jul 15»
4
Vietnam War's medical history to be rewritten to correct record on …
Instead, he said, the "veterans turned out to be right about the harmfulness of Agent Orange" and "their behaviour, far from being dishonest and ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
5
Drug reform is not a Dunne deal
Given this new-found harmfulness, should we be wary of making cannabis more available? "We're really clear that cannabis is harmful," Bell ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
6
Homicide probe into vineyards pesticides
... disease that affects the trunks of mature grapevines, despite the fact that the spray's harmfulness has been "officially recognised since 1955". «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
7
Combating contamination in rivers
Over time, we grew to realize the harmfulness of the contaminants on the ecosystem, so the U.S. banned their production in 1979. The problem ... «MIT News, Jul 15»
8
Finnish teen convicted of 50000 hacks avoids jail time. Why?
“[The verdict] took into account the young age of the defendant at the time, his capacity to understand the harmfulness of the crimes, and the fact ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
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Finnish teen convicted of over 50000 hacks avoids jail
... court said the verdict "took into account the young age of the defendent at the time, his capacity to understand the harmfulness of the crimes, ... «IT PRO, Jul 15»
10
Heroin Abuse Rising; Overdoses Result
Often times, drug distributors will utilize any substance available to them which is similar in color and consistency regardless of the harmfulness ... «Cape May County Herald, Jul 15»

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