evil genius
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Noun edit
evil genius (plural evil geniuses or evil genii)
- The spirit each person is believed to have in attendance, according to certain religious or mythological traditions, which tries to negatively influence him, and is opposed by his good genius; loosely, someone who is a bad influence.
- 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published 2010, page 37:
- He could in nowise comprehend it; but, taking it with other previous circumstances, he could not get quit of a conviction that he was haunted by some evil genius in the shape of his brother […].
- 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine:
- It was as if I unconsciously realized that in her I had met my evil genius.
- An intellectually brilliant person who excells at using his or her mental abilities for negative or harmful ends; especially a criminal mastermind .