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Dangerous because your present Administration and its specialized agencies by all accounts know no restraint in hitting out at any perceived enemy of America, and nobody or nothing can protect one from their vindictiveness.
Breyten Breytenbach

Meaning of "vindictiveness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF VINDICTIVENESS

vindictiveness  [vɪnˈdɪktɪvnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VINDICTIVENESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vindictiveness 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 VINDICTIVENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of vindictiveness in the English dictionary

The definition of vindictiveness in the dictionary is the quality of being disposed to seek vengeance. Other definition of vindictiveness is the quality of being spiteful.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VINDICTIVENESS


assertiveness
əˈsɜːtɪvnɪs
attentiveness
əˈtɛntɪvnɪs
attractiveness
əˈtræktɪvnɪs
competitiveness
kəmˈpɛtɪtɪvnɪs
cost-effectiveness
ˌkɒstɪˈfɛktɪvnɪs
destructiveness
dɪˈstrʌktɪvnɪs
distinctiveness
dɪˈstɪŋktɪvnɪs
effectiveness
ɪˈfɛktɪvnɪs
ineffectiveness
ˌɪnɪˈfɛktɪvnɪs
inquisitiveness
ɪnˈkwɪzɪtɪvnɪs
introspectiveness
ˌɪntrəʊˈspɛktɪvnɪs
inventiveness
ɪnˈvɛntɪvnɪs
obstructiveness
əbˈstrʌktɪvnɪs
protectiveness
prəˈtɛktɪvnɪs
reactiveness
rɪˈæktɪvnɪs
receptiveness
rɪˈseptɪvnɪs
reflectiveness
rɪˈflɛktɪvnɪs
repetitiveness
rɪˈpetɪtɪvnɪs
seductiveness
sɪˈdʌktɪvnɪs
unattractiveness
ˌʌnəˈtræktɪvnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VINDICTIVENESS

vindaloo
vindemial
vindemiate
Vindhya Mountains
Vindhya Pradesh
Vindhya Range
vindicability
vindicable
vindicate
vindication
vindicative
vindicativeness
vindicator
vindicatorily
vindicatory
vindicatress
vindictive
vindictively
vine
vine grower

WORDS THAT END LIKE VINDICTIVENESS

activeness
adhesiveness
aggressiveness
appropriateness
awareness
awesomeness
brand awareness
business
closeness
completeness
cuteness
defensiveness
doneness
hoarseness
likeness
oneness
responsiveness
self-awareness
soreness
uniqueness
whiteness

Synonyms and antonyms of vindictiveness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «vindictiveness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VINDICTIVENESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

斗气
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

venganza
570 millions of speakers

English

vindictiveness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रतिकारिता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الانتقام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мстительность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vindictiveness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতিহিংসাপরায়ণতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

caractère vindicatif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesabaran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rachsucht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

執念深さ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

복수심
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kekarepan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vindictiveness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பழிவாங்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुटप्पीपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kindarlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vendicatività
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mściwość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мстивість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

răzbunării
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκδικητικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wraaksug
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vindictiveness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vindictiveness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vindictiveness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VINDICTIVENESS»

The term «vindictiveness» is regularly used and occupies the 75.595 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VINDICTIVENESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «vindictiveness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «vindictiveness» 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 vindictiveness

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4 QUOTES WITH «VINDICTIVENESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vindictiveness.
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Breyten Breytenbach
Dangerous because your present Administration and its specialized agencies by all accounts know no restraint in hitting out at any perceived enemy of America, and nobody or nothing can protect one from their vindictiveness.
2
Cyril Connolly
In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female.
3
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.
4
Gary Zukav
We are becoming able to see the pursuit of external power for what it is and the futility of trying to escape the pain of powerlessness by changing the world. When we look inward, not outward, we can dismantle the parts of our personalities that have controlled us for so long - such as anger, jealousy, vindictiveness, superiority, inferiority.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VINDICTIVENESS»

Discover the use of vindictiveness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vindictiveness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Franco-Prussian War. France's Ill-fortune, Prussia's ...
.I M“ /2 @mwe - iiézd'eww'r'v 75%???” 3' THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN .WAR: FRANGE'S ILL-F0 RT UN E, PRUSSIA'S VINDICTIVENESS, ENG-LANDS IN DECISION ; REMARKS FROM AN INDIVIDUAL STANDPOINT, BEING FREE NOTES ...
‎1870
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Narcissism and Same Versus Opposite Sex of Target as ...
Vindictiveness refers to the desire to seek revenge or vengeance in response to an interpersonal offense (Exline, Baumeister, Bushman, Campbell, & Finkel, 2004; Schmid, 2005). According to Schmid (2005), there are three components to  ...
James Eric Robbins, 2007
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Dismantling Vindictiveness
Christopher Parker s architectural firm is in trouble.
Lillian R. Melendez, 2011
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Public Prosecutors in the United States and Europe: A ...
In sum, the actual doctrine of prosecutorial vindictiveness provides little protection for defendants. Bordenkircher and Goodwin support the proposition that prosecutorial vindictiveness in criminal proceedings is acceptable to a certain ...
Gwladys Gilliéron, 2014
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Yale Law Journal: Volume 123, Number 4 - January 2014:
Thomas, Prohibiting Prosecutorial Vindictiveness While Protecting Prosecutorial Discretion: Toward a Principled Resolution of a Due Process Dilemma, 76 J.L.& C RIMINOLOGY 341 (1985) (providing detailedanalysis ofthemajor Supreme ...
Yale Law Journal, 2014
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The Shapes of Revenge: Victimization, Vengeance, and ...
Instead of assuming that dramatic avengers reflect mental imbalance to be condemned for moral and civil offenses, Keyishian treats revenge as a strategy by which victims strive to restore personal integrity and recover from feelings of ...
Harry Keyishian, 2003
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Sources of Suffering: Fear, Greed, Guilt, Deception, ...
Most others (e.g., Boris, 1986; Castelnuovo-Tedesco, 1974; Daniels, 1969; Horney, 1948; Kohut, 1972; Steiner, 1996) emphatically favoured the deprivation and/or humiliation hypothesis of the origin of vindictiveness. In a remarkable paper ...
Salman Akhtar, 2014
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Comeuppance: Costly Signaling, Altruistic Punishment, and ...
Vindictiveness is spiteful, whereas vindication demonstrates the reasonableness of the vindicated person's altruism or trust or risk. We might add a further distinction by saying that vindication is something like a demonstration that someone ...
William Flesch, 2007
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Plea Bargaining - 3rd Edition:
For example, in United States v. Spence,72 the Eleventh Circuit said: In the classic prosecutorial vindictiveness case, the subsequent charges are merely “ harsher variations of the same original decision to prosecute.” In such cases, the Court's ...
G. Nicholas Herman, 2012
10
Getting Even : Forgiveness and Its Limits: Forgiveness and ...
To say it is pointless only because it does not have a point of which the critic of vindictiveness would approve is simply to beg the question at issue. Nietzsche famously argued that the vindictive person tends to harm himself — like a scorpion ...
Jeffrie G. Murphy Regents Professor of Law and Philosophy and Affliated Professor of Religious Studies Arizona State University, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VINDICTIVENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vindictiveness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fine Gael TD says politicians face 'vindictiveness' from public
Fine Gael TD Frank Feighan, who has confirmed he will not contest the next general election, has complained of the growing level of “vindictiveness” politicians ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
2
Killing the European Project
The trending hashtag ThisIsACoup is exactly right. This goes beyond harsh into pure vindictiveness, complete destruction of national sovereignty, and no hope ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
FIR against IPS officer reflects 'political vindictiveness': Siddharth …
BJP national secretary Siddharth Nath Singh on Sunday termed the filing of an FIR against IPS officer Amitabh Thakur as an act of 'political vindictiveness' by the ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
4
Binay vows to become a unifying president
MANILA, Philippines - Saying he has had “enough of vindictiveness” in the current administration, Vice President Jejomar Binay has vowed to be a unifying ... «Philippine Star, Jul 15»
5
AAP cries foul after MLA's arrest, blames 'vindictiveness' by BJP govt
New Delhi: AAP on Wednesday cried foul over the arrest of its MLA Manoj Kumar, alleging "vindictiveness" by the Centre, as Congress and BJP trained their ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
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Pierce prosecutors appeal vindictiveness ruling in sex-abuse case
Penner's complaint states that he and another prosecutor raised concerns about appealing the vindictiveness decision and advised against it. A recall petition ... «TheNewsTribune.com, Jun 15»
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Bongbong says next leader should not be vindictive
Marcos, who is said to also be eyeing the presidency in next year's elections, is said to have also experienced such vindictiveness when his family's appeal for a ... «ABS CBN News, Jun 15»
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No Room for 'Vindictiveness' in Politics, 'To Potami' Replies to New …
“A vindictive spirit has no place in political life, especially at this crucial time,” Theodorakis said in response to Samaras' proposal for an “ecumenical” ... «Greek Reporter, Jun 15»
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Bernard Moffatt, Outside Left: The same petty vindictiveness is still …
Our new columnist Bernard Moffatt is well known for his work in the trade union and Manx nationalist movements. He pulls no punches in his views about Manx ... «Isle of Man Today, Jun 15»
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Carolyn Hax: Family's cluelessness or vindictiveness goes beyond …
“Weird” being an umbrella term that covers the range from extreme cluelessness to extreme vindictiveness on the part of your partner's family. You blame the ex, ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»

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