different between malignancy vs abomination

English

Etymology

malignant +? -cy or malign +? -ancy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??l??.n?n.si/

Noun

malignancy (countable and uncountable, plural malignancies)

1. The state of being malignant or diseased.
2. A malignant cancer; specifically, any neoplasm that is invasive or otherwise not benign.
3. That which is malign; evil, depravity, malevolence.

Synonyms

• malignance
• malignity

Antonyms

• benignancy
• benignity

Derived terms

• nonmalignancy
• premalignancy
• pseudomalignancy

Related terms

• malign
• malignly
• malignment

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• abhomination (obsolete)
• abominacioun (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested around 1350. From Middle English abominacioun, from Middle French abomination (“horror, disgust”), from Late Latin ab?min?ti? (“abomination”); ab (“away from”) + ?min?r? (“prophesy, foreboding”), from ?men (“omen”). Doublet of abominatio.abominate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /??b?m.??ne?.?n?/, /??b?m.??ne?.?n?/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

abomination (countable and uncountable, plural abominations)

1. (countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
2. (uncountable) The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

   Synonyms: abhorrence, aversion, detestation, disgust, loathing, loathsomeness, odiousness

3. (obsolete, uncountable) A state that excites detestation or abhorrence; pollution. [Attested from around 1350-1470 to the late 15^th century.]
4. (countable) That which is abominable, shamefully vile; an object that excites disgust and hatred; very often with religious undertones. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

   Synonym: perversion

Translations

References

• abomination in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

From Late Latin abominationem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.b?.mi.na.sj??/

Noun

abomination f (plural abominations)

1. Something vile and abominable; an abomination.
2. (chiefly religion) Revulsion, abomination, disgust.

Further reading

• “abomination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).