nefariousness

Examples of nefarious

nefarious
The body is a particular area of concern : the claim that in postmodernity the body is infinitely malleable is particularly nefarious for old people.
Under these circumstances the physician does not lend a false mantle of respectability to nefarious deeds.
In the 1950s and 1960s, a number of laboratory studies cemented the view that social influence has nefarious consequences on otherwise rational individuals.
But reports from reliable sources suggest that its real purpose was more nefarious.
Or consider what the nefarious concepts of public, public outcry, and public opinion mean in these accounts.
He also followed a similar key element of utilitarianism, the consequentialist principle, in his analysis to determine whether luxury is desirable or nefarious.
However well-intentioned, all of these reforms had nefarious effects because of improper implementation and insufficient mobilisation of external financial resources.
Both biotic and abiotic factors control the distribution of these fascinating and nefarious ticks.
Abstaining from research or to limit the findings of research at the risk of having the results used for nefarious purposes is to do a greater harm.
Indeed, the closer the potential criminal comes to committing a nefarious deed, the more confident we can be about the prediction that he or she will commit the crime.
The blood test here was not a useful probative tool but an almost nefarious attack on the child that would leave him or her forever uncertain of his parentage.
Burgess provides an allegory on the brainwashing power of recorded music: that in the wrong ' ears', it can invoke anti-social behaviour, stimulate nefarious acts, provide pleasure but also pain.
Wheelclamping for a release fee is an industry which, if not regulated strictly, will attract nefarious and devious operators wanting to make easy money.
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