Etymology
Origin of meanness
Example Sentences
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Other psychopathic traits can also benefit people in certain careers: Meanness, for example, often shows itself as a lack of empathy.
From Scientific American • Jul. 24, 2023
Meanness, social drama and unhappiness aren’t — or don’t have to be — all there is to life in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
From New York Times • May 2, 2020
Meanness is everywhere in “Anne with an E,” as if life in the rural Maritimes wasn’t hard enough without hissing and insults.
From The New Yorker • May 11, 2017
Meanness inherits a set of silverware and keeps it in the bank.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meanness, pettiness, paltriness seem to shrink away abashed at the sight of that radiant purity.
From The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty by Younghusband, Francis Edward, Sir
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