We may think we are never malicious but we all watch thrillers on TV based on murder aggression and malice so we know that it is a topic we are interested in.If someone hurts us it feels worse if it is done with malice rather than through stupidity.Is morsl stupidity itself a kind of malice?
From Google:
malice
ˈmalɪs/
noun
noun: malice
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the desire to harm someone; ill will.“I bear no malice towards anybody”
synonyms: spitefulness, spite, malevolence, maliciousness, animosity, hostility, ill will,ill feeling, hatred, hate, bitterness, venom, vindictiveness, vengefulness,revenge, malignity, malignance, evil intentions, animus, enmity, devilment,devilry, bad blood, backbiting, gall, rancour, spleen, grudge; More antonyms: benevolence -
LAWwrongful intention, especially as increasing the guilt of certain offences.
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Origin
Middle English: via Old French from Latin malitia, from malus ‘bad’.
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