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supervillainy

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English

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Etymology

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From super- +‎ villainy.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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supervillainy (uncountable)

  1. The evil behaviour of a supervillain.
    • 2009 May 23, Darren Zenko, “The good, the bad and the Infamous”, in Toronto Star[1]:
      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.
    • 2013, King Oblivion, The Supervillain Field Manual: How to Conquer (Super) Friends and Incinerate People, page 6:
      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.