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Definition of evil noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    evil

     noun
    noun
    NAmE//ˈivl//
     
    (formal)
     
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  1. 1[uncountable] a force that causes bad things to happen; morally bad behavior the eternal struggle between good and evil the forces of evil You can't pretend there's no evil in the world. opposite good
  2. 2[countable, usually plural] a bad or harmful thing; the bad effect of something the evils of drugs/alcohol social evils
    3. Idioms
    the lesser of two evils, the lesser evil
     
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    the less unpleasant of two unpleasant choices
    a necessary evil
     
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    a thing that is bad or that you do not like but which you must accept for a particular reason The loss of jobs is regarded as a necessary evil in the fight against inflation.
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