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INSIDIOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being designed to entrap
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("insidiousness" is a kind of...):
perfidiousness; perfidy; treachery (betrayal of a trust)
Derivation:
insidious (intended to entrap)
insidious (beguiling but harmful)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("insidiousness" is a kind of...):
harmfulness; injuriousness (destructiveness that causes harm or injury)
Derivation:
insidious (working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way)
