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| ==Etymology== | | ==Etymology== |
− | [http://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 |
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| :b : inhuman treatment | | :b : inhuman treatment |
| *3 : marital conduct held (as in a [[divorce]] [[action]]) to endanger life or [[health]] or to [[cause]] [[mental]] [[suffering]] or [[fear]] | | *3 : marital conduct held (as in a [[divorce]] [[action]]) to endanger life or [[health]] or to [[cause]] [[mental]] [[suffering]] or [[fear]] |
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| + | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Cruelty''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Cruelty '''''this link'''''].</center> |
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| ==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]]. |
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| 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]]. |