bad faith

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* (philosophy): a semantic loan from French mauvaise foi, coined by existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: vilpillinen mieli — malicious motive by a party in a lawsuit
• French: mauvaise foi — malicious motive by a party in a lawsuit
• Latin: mala fides — malicious motive by a party in a lawsuit
• Malay: niat jahat — malicious motive by a party in a lawsuit
• Polish: zła wiara — malicious motive by a party in a lawsuit
• Dutch: kwade trouw — intent to deceive or mislead
• Finnish: vilpillinen mieli — intent to deceive or mislead
• French: mauvaise foi — intent to deceive or mislead
• German: böser Glaube — intent to deceive or mislead
• German: Bösgläubigkeit — intent to deceive or mislead
• German: böse Absicht — intent to deceive or mislead
• Irish: feall — intent to deceive or mislead
• Old Irish: écubus — intent to deceive or mislead
• Manx: drogh aigney — intent to deceive or mislead
• Polish: zła wiara — intent to deceive or mislead
• Portuguese: má-fé — intent to deceive or mislead
• Vietnamese: ác ý — intent to deceive or mislead
• Welsh: annidwylledd — intent to deceive or mislead
• Finnish: huono usko — existentialist concept of denying one's total freedom of will
• French: mauvaise foi — existentialist concept of denying one's total freedom of will
• Polish: zła wiara — existentialist concept of denying one's total freedom of will
• Vietnamese: ngụy tín — existentialist concept of denying one's total freedom of will