malefic

ADJECTIVE
  1. having or exerting a malignant influence
    a malefic force
    malevolent stars
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How To Use malefic In A Sentence

  • Beneficence --- The ethellocal principle of behaving in a way that promotes the well-being of others. See maleficence.
  • From every sort of spell, malefice, witchcraft, and every form of the occult, we implore Thee, deliver us O Lord. Archive 2009-04-19
  • On the other hand, any planet in unfavorable zodiacal state, in whatever house, acts as a malefic.
  • It is also less likely to be damaged by a malefic planet when it is received by it.
  • The ethical principles of non- maleficence and beneficence might be used as justification for overriding her autonomy.
  • An inscrutable providence, of which our witness is the mouthpiece, has elected to set apart this rock in order that the devil and the English, who, he says, are a pair, may continue their work of protestantising and filling the world with malefice. Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer
  • Sanjeev's speeding BMW is a symbol of gleaming, maleficent capital, unchecked by conscience or by the roadblocks of the state. Christopher Lydon: This "Year of India": Rana Dasgupta
  • The pharisaical, malefic, and incogitant Guidelines for Bias-Free Writing is a product of the pointy-headed wowsers at the Association of American University Presses who established a Task Force on Bias-Free Language filled with cranks, pokenoses, blowhards, four-flushers, and pettifogs. P.J. O’Wowser
  • Ms Martin's dementia interferes with her insight and it may be considered acceptable to override her autonomy by reference to the principle of non- maleficence - the requirement to prevent harm.
  • Unlike Jupiter that we call a benefic planet, Mars is said to be a malefic.
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