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supervillainy

supervillainy noun: the evil behaviour of a supervillain.

Noun

supervillainy (uncountable)

  1. The evil behaviour of a supervillain.
    • Lastly, it's not all high-spirited hijinks for our boy Cole; everywhere, the duties of superheroism/supervillainy call, plainly marked on your map and helpfully coded according to their good/evil value.2009 May 23, Darren Zenko, “The good, the bad and the Infamous”, in Toronto Star
    • In the old days, back when I was getting into the supervillainy game, there was a very clear, very well-established process for letting everyone know who you were and that you were ready to shoot some monuments into space.2013, King Oblivion, The Supervillain Field Manual: How to Conquer (Super) Friends and Incinerate People, page 6

Origin of supervillainy

From super- + villainy.

Questions about supervillainy

What does supervillainy mean?
Supervillainy means the evil behaviour of a supervillain.
What part of speech is supervillainy?
Supervillainy is a noun.

Words near supervillainy in the dictionary

  1. supervillainess
  2. supervillainesses
  3. supervillainous
  4. supervillainry
  5. supervillains
  6. supervillainy
  7. Superville
  8. supervillin
  9. supervillins
  10. superviolence
  11. superviolent

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