Associations to the word «Enormity»

Wiktionary

ENORMITY, noun. (uncountable) Extreme wickedness, nefariousness. [from 15th c.]
ENORMITY, noun. (countable) An act of extreme evil or wickedness. [from 15th c.]
ENORMITY, noun. (uncountable) Hugeness, enormousness, immenseness. [from 18th c.]

Dictionary definition

ENORMITY, noun. The quality of being outrageous.
ENORMITY, noun. Vastness of size or extent; "in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size"; "universities recognized the enormity of their task".
ENORMITY, noun. The quality of extreme wickedness.
ENORMITY, noun. An act of extreme wickedness.

Wise words

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Noam Chomsky