devilry

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"it's just how it is" this is devilry, relative-truth.

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wicked and cruel behavior

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noun

wicked and cruel behavior

noun

reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for devilry.

noun

wicked and cruel behavior

noun

reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

Example sentences

"it's just how it is" this is devilry, relative-truth.

Every dollar the devil gives you, is one dollar less the devil has to spend on devilry.

Selfishness is devilry, and devils make Truth out as falsehood and spin falsehood as true.

But it's certainly possible to automatically catch devilry like this, isn't it?

The Reactionaries - God bless them - have already decided there’s no good use for it, there’s no need for controlled experiments and all that scientific devilry

There is a big difference between the glutamic acid in tomatoes and the refined devilry that is put in Campbell's soup, KFC chicken, and cheap asian food.

You have to be at a post-scientific, post-atheism level of awareness for it to land or it's dismissed as pseudo-devilry without examining the implicit metaphysics of that position.

I cannot abide this constant seeking of devilry amongst the burghers; for though thy use the Devil chained and cowed, if the Devil escapeth thine chains placyd upon hym, might he wreck also thine own soul's of pleasant Albion forevermore?

Just look at the votes that happen to anyone speaking this truth, people hate getting called on their devilry because it makes them look bad so they down vote when really this is the conversation that we need to have to eventually disallow it!