malintention

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noun

Evil or malevolent intention; malice, maliciousness.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounmalintention (uncountable)
  1. uncountableEvil or malevolent intention; malice, maliciousness.

    He received answers from three Jewish organizations revealing an impressive and systematic fact-finding mechanism on the part of Jewish organizations regarding activities of groups and individuals, including Christian fundamentalists, suspected of hatred or malintention toward Jews.

    2000, Yaakov Ariel, Evangelizing the Chosen People: Missions to the Jews in America, 1880–2000, Chapel Hill, N.C.; London: The University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 188
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    "We know for sure that people who are without symptoms, innocently — with no malintention at all — goes to a party or goes to a gathering, gets together indoor, you let your guard down, you obviously have to take a mask off if you're eating or drinking," he said. "Try to avoid that as much as possible."

    2020 November 25, Audrey McNamara, quoting Anthony Fauci, “Fauci makes "final plea" to Americans before Thanksgiving”, in CBS News, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2024

Origin

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APA

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MLA

“malintention.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malintention. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “malintention,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malintention.

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