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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] cruelte, from Anglo-French cruelté, from [[Latin]] crudelitat-, crudelitas, from crudelis
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] cruelte, from Anglo-French cruelté, from [[Latin]] crudelitat-, crudelitas, from crudelis
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]
*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*1 : the [[quality]] or [[state]] of being cruel
*1 : the [[quality]] or [[state]] of being cruel
==Description==
==Description==
'''Cruelty''' can be described as indifference to [[suffering]], and even positive [[pleasure]] in inflicting it. If this is [[supported]] by a [[legal]] or [[social]] framework, then receives the name of [[perversion]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadomasochism Sadism] can also be [[related]] to this [[form]] of [[action]] or [[concept]].
'''Cruelty''' can be described as indifference to [[suffering]], and even positive [[pleasure]] in inflicting it. If this is [[supported]] by a [[legal]] or [[social]] framework, then receives the name of [[perversion]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadomasochism Sadism] can also be [[related]] to this [[form]] of [[action]] or [[concept]].
Cruel ways of inflicting [[suffering]] may involve [[violence]], but explicit violence is not [[necessary]] for an [[act]] to be cruel. For example, if another [[person]] is drowning and begging for help, and another [[person]] is able to help, but merely watches with disinterest or perhaps mischievous amusement, that person is being cruel — rather than [[violent]].
Cruel ways of inflicting [[suffering]] may involve [[violence]], but explicit violence is not [[necessary]] for an [[act]] to be cruel. For example, if another [[person]] is drowning and begging for help, and another [[person]] is able to help, but merely watches with disinterest or perhaps mischievous amusement, that person is being cruel — rather than [[violent]].
