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((short description|Intentionally harming others without self-benefit))
'''Spite''' or '''spitefulness''' as a sentiment, action, or a personality trait has several possible meanings.<ref name="APA"/> According to the [[American Psychological Association]] there is "no standard definition of spitefulness. Spite can be broadly defined to include any vindictive or mean-spirited actions. Alternatively, a narrower definition includes the requirement that spiteful acts involve some degree of [[self-harm]]."<ref name="APA"/> One possible definition of spite is to intentionally [[annoy]], [[Suffering|hurt]], or [[wiktionary:upset|upset]] even when there might be no (apparent) gain, and even when those actions might cause the person spiting harm, as well.<ref>((Cite web|author=Neel V Patel|url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/554980/scientific-facts-about-spite|title=10 Scientific Facts About Spite|date=29 August 2018|work=[[Mental Floss]]))</ref> ''Spiteful'' [[word]]s or [[Action (philosophy)|actions]] are delivered in such a way that it is clear that the person is delivering them just to annoy, hurt, or upset.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/english/spite|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419012057/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/english/spite|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 19, 2014|title=Spite|work=[[Oxford English Dictionary]]))</ref> 

In his 1929 examination of emotional disturbances, ''Psychology and Morals: An Analysis of Character'', J. A. Hadfield uses deliberately spiteful acts to illustrate the difference between disposition and sentiment.<ref name=Hadfield>((Cite book|title = Psychology and Morals: An Analysis of Character |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=T5xACwAAQBAJ&q=%22psychology+and+morals%22+analysis+character&pg=PA196 |access-date = 2016-05-02|first = J. A.|last = Hadfield|date = 22 December 2015|isbn = 9781317235804))</ref>

Spite has also been studied as a [[Trait theory|trait]] of [[human personality]];<ref>((cite journal|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24548150/|title=The psychology of spite and the measurement of spitefulness|first1=David K |last1=Marcus |first2=Virgil |last2=Zeigler-Hill |first3=Sterett H |last3=Mercer |first4=Alyssa L |last4=Norris|doi=10.1037/a0036039|journal= Psychological Assessment|date=February 17, 2014|volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=563–574 |pmid=24548150 )) </ref> although in general spite has been largely ignored in academic literature.<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140423101850.htm|title=Psychological study of spite: 'Virtually ignored' by researchers|date=April 23, 2014|work=[[ScienceDaily]]))</ref> [[University of Washington]] researchers David K Marcus, Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Sterett H Mercer, and Alyssa L Norris were the first to develop a personality scale designed to measure and assess the trait of spitefulness which was published in 2014 in ''[[Psychological Assessment (journal)|Psychological Assessment]]''.<ref name="APA">((cite book|chapter-url=https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-40805-007|doi=10.1037/14854-007|chapter=Spite |title=The dark side of personality: Science and practice in social, personality, and clinical psychology |year=2016 |last1=Marcus |first1=David K. |last2=Norris |first2=Alyssa L. |pages=121–133 |isbn=978-1-4338-2187-5 |publisher=American Psychological Association))</ref>

==Spite in literature==
The Underground Man, in [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]'s novella ''[[Notes from Underground]]'', is an example of spite. His motivation remains constantly spiteful, undercutting his own existence and ability to live.

==See also==
((columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*[[Crab mentality]]
*[[Cruelty]]
*[[Cutting off the nose to spite the face]]
*[[The Dog in the Manger]]
*[[Hostility]]
*[[Internet troll]]
*[[Resentment]]
*[[Sadomasochism|Sadism]]
*[[Spite (game theory)]]
*[[Schadenfreude]]
*[[Spite fence]]
*[[Spite house]]
*[[Tall poppy syndrome]]
))

==References==
((reflist))

==Further reading==
:*((cite journal|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/one-among-many/202110/why-we-behave-spitefully|title=Why We Behave Spitefully: Spitefulness is expensive. So why do we do it?|journal=[[Psychology Today]]|date= October 9, 2021))
:*((cite journal|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolution-the-self/201906/spite-what-we-do-the-sweet-sake-revenge|title=Spite: What We Do for the Sweet Sake of Revenge|author=Leon F. Seltzer|date=June 19, 2019|journal=[[Psychology Today]]))
:*((cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/04/23/306240840/why-are-we-spiteful-even-though-it-bites-us-back|title=Why Are We Spiteful, Even Though It Bites Us Back?|author=Maanvi Singh|work=[[NPR]]|date=April 23, 2014))

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