Phrase guide
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adj
Absolutely evil; having no sense of morality or mercy whatsoever.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: set phrase
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: pure good
noun
Absolute evil; that has no sense of morality or mercy at all.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: set phrase
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: pure good
History
Has been rising in usage from other phrases using this sense of pure since around the 1950s. Has been rising exponentially as a set phrase since the 1990s.
