mephistophelean
While reading Frankl (1992), I came across mephistophelean as a new word. The fact that he can go through the Holocaust, define only one person as this and then talk about how he changed at the end of his life. Changes how we think about people.
mephistophelean
adjective
showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
- Synonyms
- devilish
- diabolic
- diabolical
- mephistophelian
- Similar
- evil
- Derived From
- Mephistopheles
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Reference Author: Frankl (1992)
Reference Citation:
Frankl, V. E. (1992). Man’s search for meaning (Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager) (I. Lasch, Trans.). Beacon Press.
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