Wickedness

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Wickedness refers to human sin, describing not just the "wicked" aspect of the "wicked" act, but to describe the state of being wicked; man's own deliberate choice of doing evil over doing good.

While "sin" refers to the conceptual power by which man succumbs to do evil, "wickedness" is the distinctly human personification of human sin.

Al Wilson has been known to be wicked on several occasions.

Wicked is also the name of a pornography company. At one point, Jenna Jameson was one of their signature performers.

Wicked is the name of a musical about the Wizard of Oz which is told from the perspective of the Wicked Witch of the West. In the original Oz stories, the Witch herself is deliberately contrasted with the "Good Witches", who presumably make conscious choices to be helpful while the Wicked Witch acts in a power hungry, threatening and selfish way. Wicked takes a different, more favorable, perspective on the Wicked Witch.

Also, wickedness can refer to extremity, a colloquialism having originated in Boston, MA[citation needed], such as "Man, that Ferrari is wicked-cool" or "Because Bill called Jim's mom an idiot, Jim gave him a wicked beating."


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