Malevolence may refer to: *

Evil Evil, in a general sense, is defined as the opposite or absence of good. It can be an extremely broad concept, although in everyday usage it is often more narrowly used to talk about profound wickedness and against common good. It is general ...

Hostility Hostility is seen as form of emotionally charged aggressive behavior. In everyday speech it is more commonly used as a synonym for anger and aggression. It appears in several psychological theories. For instance it is a facet of neuroticism in ...

* Malice (law) *

Sadism Sadism may refer to: * Sadomasochism, the giving or receiving of pleasure from acts involving the receipt or infliction of pain or humiliation * Sadistic personality disorder, an obsolete term proposed for individuals who derive pleasure from the s ...

, the experience of feeling pleasure from the pain of others.

Other uses

* Malevolence (band), an English

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band from

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* ''Malevolence'' (film), a 2003 film by Stevan Mena * ''Malevolent'' (2018 film), a 2018 film by Olaf de Fleur * '' To Your Last Death'', formerly ''Malevolent'', an upcoming American animated film * ''Malevolence'' (I Declare War album) * ''Malevolence'' (New Years Day album) * Malevolence (ship), a Star Wars ship * '' Malevolence: The Sword of Ahkranox'', a procedurally generated indie RPG * Malevolence ('' Solanum atropurpureum''), a flowering shrub in the Nightshade family {{disambiguation