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perniciousness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pernicious \Per*ni"cious\, a. [L. perniciosus, from pernicies destruction, from pernecare to kill or slay outright; per + necare to kill, slay: cf. F. pernicieux. Cf. Nuisance, Necromancy.] Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked.
Let this pernicious hour
Stand aye accursed in the calendar.
--Shak.
Pernicious to his health.
--Prescott.
Syn: Destructive; ruinous; deadly; noxious; injurious; baneful; deleterious; hurtful; mischievous. [1913 Webster] -- Per*ni"cious*ly, adv., -- Per*ni"cious*ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. The condition of being pernicious; destructiveness
WordNet
n. grave harmfulness or deadliness [syn: toxicity]
Usage examples of "perniciousness".
The utter perniciousness of romantic love couldn't be more obvious in his case.
They forgot the perniciousness of habit—of the habit of having decisions made for you.