evil
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Summary
evil ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,161 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: immorality[2]
- Part of: good and evil[3]
- Commons category: Evil[4]
- Said to be the same as: badness[5], darkness[6]
- Opposite of: good[7]
- Has part(s): Moral evil[8], Natural evil[9], demon[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Evil[11]
- Facet of: dualistic cosmology[12], religion[13]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16]
- Has effect: suffering[17]
- Different from: Evil[18], apple[19]
- Studied by: metaethics[20], normative ethics[21], applied ethics[22]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]
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Influence
Things named for evil include Evil[24], a television series[25]; Evil Angel[26], a pornographic film studio[27], in United States[28], founded in 1989[29], headquartered in Van Nuys[30]; Messiah of Evil[31], a film[32], directed by Willard Huyck[33]; and evil number[34], a type of integer[35].
Why It Matters
evil has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] evil is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]
Entities named for evil include Evil[24], a television series[25]; Evil Angel[26], a pornographic film studio[27], in United States[28], founded in 1989[29], headquartered in Van Nuys[30]; Messiah of Evil[31], a film[32], directed by Willard Huyck[33]; and evil number[34], a type of integer[35].