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 +[[Image:The Bitter Potion.jpg|200px|thumb|left|''[[The Bitter Potion]]'' (c. 1635) by [[Adriaen Brouwer]]]]
 +[[Image:Laocoön Group, Clamores horrendos detail, photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen (2009).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Illustration: ''[[Laocoön and His Sons]]'' ("[[Clamores horrendos]]" detail), photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen.]]
 +[[Image:Train wreck at Montparnasse 1895.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Train wreck at Montparnasse]]'' ([[October 22]], [[1895]]) by Studio Lévy and Sons]]
 +[[Image:Francisco de Goya y Lucientes 023.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[The Third of May 1808]]'' ([[1814]]) by [[Francisco de Goya]]]]
 +[[Image:Great Train Robbery still, public domain film.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A [[film still]] from the ''[[Great Train Robbery]]'', a [[robber]] shooting at the [[projection screen]].]]
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 +'''Bad''' is a concept in [[ethics]] used to describe [[undesirable]] circumstances or events.
-== Related ==+Though bad often is used to imply moral [[turpitude]] of a person, the term more specifically refers to an [[unfortunate]] circumstance. Likewise, bad is often used as a synonym for [[evil]], but can also refer to something [[flawed]] or [[unusable]].
-[[bad girl and boy trope]] - [[bad films]] - [[bad taste]] - [[evil]] - [[negative]] - [[pejorative]]+== In Nietzsche ==
 +:''[[On the Genealogy of Morality#First Treatise: "'Good and Evil', 'Good and Bad'"|Good and Bad]]''
 +The philosopher [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] made much of a distinction he drew in German between the böse, ("evil"), which he was prepared to admire, and the schlecht ("bad"), which he disdained; in Nietzsche's thought, evil was powerful, menacing, and dangerous; bad was weak and ineffective.
-== Contrast with ==+== In African American Vernacular English ==
-[[good]] +In [[African American Vernacular English]], and varieties of American English that have been influenced by it, bad or [[badass]] are frequently used as compliments, an example of rhetorical [[irony]].
 +:You is [sic] bad, man!
 +:Also Bek is "bad" at Madden.
-== Definition ==+In this sense ''bad'' is a synonym for ''[[fantastic]]'' and it is used in the same context as[[wicked]] in [[British vernacular]] and [[American vernacular]].
-Bad is a concept used to describe [[undesirable]] circumstances or events.+==Etymology==
 +From Old High German ''bad'', akin to Old Saxon ''bath'', belongs to the German word family of ''bähen''.
 +== Related ==
 +*[[bad girl|bad girl and boy trope]] - [[bad film]]s - [[bad reputation]] - [[bad taste]] - [[bad luck]] - [[evil]] - [[negative]] - [[pejorative]]
-Though bad often is used to imply moral [[turpitude]] of a person, the term more specifically refers to an [[unfortunate]] circumstance. While bad is often used as a synonym for [[evil]], bad can also refer to something flawed or unusable. The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche made much of a distinction he drew in German between the böse, ("evil"), which he was prepared to admire, and the schlecht ("bad"), which he disdained; in Nietzsche's thought, evil was powerful, menacing, and dangerous; bad was weak and ineffective. In African-American vernacular English, and varieties of American English that have been influenced by it, bad or badass are frequently used as compliments, an example of rhetorical irony. "Badass" can also be used to describe a person prone to physical altercations. --[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad] [Nov 2005] +== Contrast with ==
- +*[[good]]
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007]+==Namesakes==
 +*''[[Andy Warhol's Bad]]''
 +==See also==
 +*[[Bad art]]
 +*[[Bad writer]]
 +*[[Bad woman]]
 +*[[Bad (economics)]], a concept in economics which is used to describe an object or situation that is harmful to the persons affected by it, in contrast to a good
 +*[[Good and bad]]
 +*[[Kakos]]
 +*[[Unpleasant]]
 +*[[Villain|Bad man]]
 +{{GFDL}}

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Illustration: Laocoön and His Sons ("Clamores horrendos" detail), photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen.
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Illustration: Laocoön and His Sons ("Clamores horrendos" detail), photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen.
Train wreck at Montparnasse (October 22, 1895) by Studio Lévy and Sons
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Train wreck at Montparnasse (October 22, 1895) by Studio Lévy and Sons
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Bad is a concept in ethics used to describe undesirable circumstances or events.

Though bad often is used to imply moral turpitude of a person, the term more specifically refers to an unfortunate circumstance. Likewise, bad is often used as a synonym for evil, but can also refer to something flawed or unusable.

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In Nietzsche

Good and Bad

The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche made much of a distinction he drew in German between the böse, ("evil"), which he was prepared to admire, and the schlecht ("bad"), which he disdained; in Nietzsche's thought, evil was powerful, menacing, and dangerous; bad was weak and ineffective.

In African American Vernacular English

In African American Vernacular English, and varieties of American English that have been influenced by it, bad or badass are frequently used as compliments, an example of rhetorical irony.

You is [sic] bad, man!
Also Bek is "bad" at Madden.

In this sense bad is a synonym for fantastic and it is used in the same context aswicked in British vernacular and American vernacular.

Etymology

From Old High German bad, akin to Old Saxon bath, belongs to the German word family of bähen.

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Namesakes

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