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One of the qualities essential to writing exciting stories, whether for page or screen, is an ability to abandon one's morality. We simply cannot be good writers and good people. One must be able to access one's darkest self, one's venality and pettiness and murderousness.
Russell Smith

Meaning of "murderousness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MURDEROUSNESS

murderousness  [ˈmɜːdərəsnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MURDEROUSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Murderousness 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 MURDEROUSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of murderousness in the English dictionary

The definition of murderousness in the dictionary is violence.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MURDEROUSNESS


adventurousness
ədˈvɛntʃərəsnəs
amorousness
ˈæmərəsnəs
barbarousness
ˈbɑːbərəsnəs
clamorousness
ˈklæmərəsnəs
dangerousness
ˈdeɪndʒərəsnəs
decorousness
ˈdɛkərəsnəs
desirousness
dɪˈzaɪərəsnəs
dolorousness
ˈdɒlərəsnəs
floriferousness
flɔːˈrɪfərəsnəs
glamorousness
ˈɡlæmərəsnəs
humorousness
ˈhjuːmərəsnəs
indecorousness
ɪnˈdɛkərəsnəs
malodorousness
mælˈəʊdərəsnəs
odoriferousness
ˌəʊdərˈɪfərəsnəs
odorousness
ˈəʊdərəsnəs
rapturousness
ˈræptʃərəsnəs
rigorousness
ˈrɪɡərəsnəs
treacherousness
ˈtrɛtʃərəsnəs
vigorousness
ˈvɪɡərəsnəs
vociferousness
vəˈsɪfərəsnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MURDEROUSNESS

murdabad
murder
murder case
murder hunt
murder mystery
Murder Squad
murder trial
murder weapon
murderabilia
murderball
murderee
murderer
murderess
murderous
murderously
Murdoch
mure
murein
murex
murgeon

WORDS THAT END LIKE MURDEROUSNESS

biliousness
business
carelessness
consciousness
deliciousness
deviousness
flawlessness
helplessness
hilariousness
homelessness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
preciousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
statelessness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of murderousness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «murderousness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MURDEROUSNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

murderousness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

murderousness
570 millions of speakers

English

murderousness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

murderousness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أعمال القتل الإجرامية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

смертоносность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

murderousness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

murderousness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

meurtrière
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembunuhan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mordlust
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

murderousness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

murderousness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Murderousness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

murderousness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

murderousness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खुनीपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cinayet işleme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

omicida
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

murderousness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

смертоносність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

criminalitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φονικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

murderousness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mordiskhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

murderousness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of murderousness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MURDEROUSNESS»

The term «murderousness» is used very little and occupies the 168.132 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MURDEROUSNESS» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «MURDEROUSNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word murderousness.
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Russell Smith
One of the qualities essential to writing exciting stories, whether for page or screen, is an ability to abandon one's morality. We simply cannot be good writers and good people. One must be able to access one's darkest self, one's venality and pettiness and murderousness.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MURDEROUSNESS»

Discover the use of murderousness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to murderousness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Structuring the Therapeutic Process: Compromise with Chaos - ...
It is precisely because the patient knows that they can both grow, that he is less likely to hold himself back at the brink of painful disclosures. Murderousness is disclosed more easily when the discloser is aware that murderousness (whether in ...
Murray Cox, 1988
2
A Practical Guide to Forensic Psychotherapy
All psychotherapists are familiar with murderousness. It is probably a universal neurotic phenomenon: at best, as part of a successful analysis, a meaningful symptom; at worst, unconscious and perhaps more apparent to others, not least the ...
Estela V. Welldon, Cleo Van Velsen, 1997
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The Writer in the Jewish Community: An Israeli-North ...
noun ratzhanut as "murderousness." But the syllable-counter inside me, the little metrical abacus, got all rattled: "You can't say 'murderousness,' Ghana. Too many syllables, too many s's. Try 'savagery.'" Who was the tempter who whispered ...
Richard Siegel, Tamar Sofer, 1993
4
Philosophical Perspectives on the 'War on Terrorism'
This does not mean that thinking being can put an end to the murderousness of being. It cannot cease the violation of neighbors, nor put a stop to our dogged consumptiveness. Living being does not—cannot—leave off its violent ways.
Gail M. Presbey, 2007
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Cruelty, Violence and Murder
Arthur Hyatt Williams Paul Williams. processes. Nevertheless, it would be a mistake to take an unduly pessimistic view regarding future treatment: equally we do not make saints of people who are afflicted with a state of latent murderousness.
Arthur Hyatt Williams, Paul Williams, 1998
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The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of Economic Life
For there are good reasons to think not only that natural selection has favored a tendency to kill other members of the same species but also that the coincidence of murderousness and intelligence is not accidental. On the contrary, the ...
Paul Seabright, 2010
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Therapeutic Relationships with Offenders: An Introduction to ...
Reflecting. on. Murderousness: Reflective. Practice. in. Secure. Forensic. Settings . Stephen Mackie INTRODUCTION In this chapter I wish to consider some aspects that are involved in weekly ongoing staff support groups in forensic secure ...
Anne Aiyegbusi, Jenifer Clarke-Moore, 2008
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Psychoanalysis, Literature and War: Papers 1972-1995
As his analysis progressed, it seemed to become increasingly clear that this disaster was associated with murderousness. From the start, split-off murderousness played a large part in his material. Quite early on, he told me that he did not ...
Hanna Segal, 2005
9
Philosophy the Day After Tomorrow
infusion of infinity has shattered it) in itself a sufficient cause of moral guilt, or debt ? Either way, beginning with murderousness or with narcissism, I might imagine a basis for recognizing responsibility toward the other, as a kind of reparation for ...
Stanley Cavell, 2006
10
Psychosis: Understanding and Treatment
Gradually I have come to think of the state of murderousness as one which has been derived from a failure to work through the emotional disturbance engendered by a constellation of experiences, thoughts, feelings and phantasy constructs to ...
Jane Ellwood, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MURDEROUSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term murderousness is used in the context of the following news items.
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The History of Creepy Dolls
The horror in this story turned on the deceptive attractiveness of the girl, rather than any innate murderousness in her; for the 19th century, ... «Smithsonian, Jul 15»
2
Gifted performer, but 'All American Girl' has simplistic worldview
Graf intends that atrocity to further accelerate Katie's descent into murderousness. Yet certainly, most American converts to radical Islam require ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
3
Vote no on Iran deal
... regardless of its extremism, terror campaigns against America, murderousness in Syria and oft-repeated pledges to wipe Israel off the map. «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
4
The Voices: Ryan Reynolds's strangest role yet
That said, mental health activists already weary of cinema's conflation of schizophrenia and murderousness will likely find little solace in a ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Opinionator | Looking 'White' In the Face
... put our own presuppositions into question, to make us worry about the murderousness of “we,” and so to get in the habit of asking, “we, who? «New York Times, Jul 15»
6
Understanding places like Iraq and Syria: Crowds, belonging and …
The most recent and ongoing cases of uncontrolled group murderousness are Iraq and Syria, in the fevered grip of ISIS. Nonetheless, the ... «The Hill, Jun 15»
7
Batman: Arkham Knight First Impressions - Fear the Knight
This is a job for our favorite Caped Crusader who is the only man that can stop the murderousness and pillaging happening in his beloved city. «The Koalition, Jun 15»
8
Star Wars Comics: Darth Vader #6 vs. Marvel Star Wars #6
Vader becomes more sympathetic, but we never lose sight of his brittle murderousness and imperious superiority complex. Somewhere at the ... «iDigitalTimes.com, Jun 15»
9
Philosophy and a little passion: Roy Foster on WB Yeats and politics
Around this time, too, recalling his early political hopes, he reflected that he had not foreseen “the growing murderousness of the world”. «Irish Times, Jun 15»
10
1995 marked the birth of internet-paranoia films
The only thing worse than SID 6.7's murderousness is his desire to broadcast his crimes, using poor Barnes as his audience until he eventually ... «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Jun 15»

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