evil

Summary

evil ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,968 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• evil is a type of immorality^[2].
• evil is part of good and evil^[3].
• evil's Commons category is recorded as Evil^[4].
• evil's said to be the same as is recorded as badness^[5].
• evil's said to be the same as is recorded as darkness^[6].
• evil is the opposite of good^[7].
• evil comprises Moral evil^[8].
• evil comprises Natural evil^[9].
• evil comprises demon^[10].
• evil's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Evil^[11].
• evil's facet of is recorded as dualistic cosmology^[12].
• evil's facet of is recorded as religion^[13].
• evil's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• evil's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• evil's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[16].
• evil's has effect is recorded as suffering^[17].
• evil's different from is recorded as Evil^[18].
• evil's different from is recorded as apple^[19].
• evil's studied by is recorded as metaethics^[20].
• evil's studied by is recorded as normative ethics^[21].
• evil's studied by is recorded as applied ethics^[22].
• evil's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[23].

Body

Definition and Type

evil is a type of immorality^[2]. evil is the opposite of good^[7].

Use and Application

Components include Moral evil^[8]; Natural evil^[9]; and demon^[10], a biblical concept^[24]. evil is part of good and evil^[3].

Influence

Things named for evil include Evil^[25], a television series^[26]; Evil Angel^[27], a pornography company^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1989^[30], headquartered in Van Nuys^[31]; Messiah of Evil^[32], a film^[33], directed by Willard Huyck^[34]; and evil number^[35], a type of integer^[36].

Why It Matters

evil ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,968 views/month).^[1] evil has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] evil is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for evil include Evil^[25], a television series^[26]; Evil Angel^[27], a pornography company^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1989^[30], headquartered in Van Nuys^[31]; Messiah of Evil^[32], a film^[33], directed by Willard Huyck^[34]; and evil number^[35], a type of integer^[36].