agathokakological

UK/əˌɡæθəʊˌkækəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/US/əˌɡæθoʊˌkækəˈlɑdʒɪkəl/US/əˌɡæθə-/

adjective

Composed of both good and evil.

Scrabble 32

Meanings

adjectiveagathokakological (comparative more agathokakological, superlative most agathokakological)

comparative more agathokakological · superlative most agathokakological

  1. rareComposed of both good and evil.

    When any project dominates your life for a sizeable length of time, let alone the best part of six years, you have to accept the agathokakological nature of the beast.

    2015, Ronan O'Callaghan, Walzer, Just War and Iraq: Ethics as Response, Routledge, →ISBN
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    There may be an opposite fault; for indeed upon the agathokakological globe there are opposite qualities always to be found in parallel degrees, north and south of the equator.

    1865, Robert Southey, The Doctor, Etc, page 120

    Just throwing a number out, I'd say he is at least seven or seven and a half feet tall. Not really muscular, just tall, thin, and brooding with something evil, or at the very least an agathokakological sense of being.

    2012, Randy M Harrison, Completion and Perfection, Randy M Harrison, →ISBN, page 59

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀγαθός“good”
  2. Englishagathokakological

From Ancient Greek ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”) + κακός (kakós, “bad”) + -logical.

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agathokakological. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agathokakological

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Chicago

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