HEINOUSNESS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane

Synonyms:

atrociousness; atrocity; barbarity; barbarousness; heinousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("heinousness" is a kind of...):

inhumaneness; inhumanity (the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others)

Derivation:

heinous (extremely wicked, deeply criminal)

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