The Emergence Machine

Cruel

property · Psychology · Level 9 · E9

E9Cultures

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

An intentional action directed at causing pain, involving a deliberate emotional response from the recipient.

Compare Cruel with…

Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “cruel” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

Loading senses…

Source: Wiktionary — “cruel”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0CruelEmotionMindCognitionMemory… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesVillainL10CruelL9ActionL1EmotionL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Cruelty is an intentional action directed at causing pain
  • Emotion L8 (requires)
    Cruelty involves deliberately causing emotional suffering

Used by