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Meaning of summum malum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The greatest evil.

Examples

“The "liberalism of fear," as Shklar tags it, is grounded in an appreciation that cruelty is the summum malum, the worst thing that human beings can inflict upon one another.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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