About: necessary evil

Premodifier: necessary
Head noun: evil

Same concepts
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Necessary_evil

Broader concepts

label	provenance	confidence
project	isap:4740041	0.649814
thing	isap:90920406	0.599276
activity	isap:455260150	0.524027
time	isap:175733378	0.505925
tax	isap:125376225	0.470257
evil	isap:173565328	0.469757
most people	isap:309215185	0.430348
work	isap:175327349	0.399559
story	isap:94848842	0.300853
cost	isap:173770032	0.281763
nothing	isap:10861974	0.240869
taxation	isap:455554133	0.235191
war	isap:125362753	0.200067
rest	isap:176018152	0.117936

Narrower concepts

label	provenance	confidence
affirmative action	isap:491788177	0.658796
animal experimentation	isap:333001388	0.588453
government intervention	isap:408600114	0.586272
standardized testing	isap:80160858	0.580435
federal government	isap:504988243	0.571776
answering machine	isap:73607340	0.565668
limited government	isap:504988241	0.562086
one-child policy	isap:496276669	0.561299
death penalty	isap:78004706	0.550507
standing army	isap:177080705	0.549323
barack obama	isap:200337719	0.544333
party system	isap:497979593	0.543738
martial law	isap:251773547	0.539335
big government	isap:504988246	0.535963
organize religion	isap:379742179	0.529361
wall street	isap:488757677	0.526749
notion government	isap:504988244	0.519976
old adage	isap:198493083	0.507792
collateral damage	isap:493000513	0.501967
household chore	isap:204997104	0.463800
government	isap:504988237	0.461763
other word	isap:175206211	0.428270
third-party developer	isap:147843692	0.426989
state	isap:200901663	0.407355
firewall	isap:382876713	0.404542
work	isap:166420926	0.396907
cell phone	isap:205377385	0.387139
boss	isap:168989703	0.383569
war in iraq	isap:248697163	0.383197
windows 8	isap:72648319	0.376141
sex	isap:252117736	0.355016
copyright	isap:147325622	0.352519
government regulation	isap:503228409	0.344784
for-profit business	isap:377339333	0.340243
spanking	isap:380084343	0.339547
infrastructure	isap:215707953	0.336720
exception	isap:151289615	0.335094
collection agency	isap:497947028	0.332179
something	isap:148046531	0.329032
alcohol	isap:70118106	0.327526
background check	isap:201797803	0.327473
facebook	isap:379286669	0.327335
war	isap:248697137	0.326725
product placement	isap:148888502	0.326293
security policy	isap:496276670	0.323471
exploitation	isap:408009808	0.320655
price increase	isap:377844614	0.319513
business card	isap:179517085	0.316102
flash	isap:201126399	0.314867
inquisition	isap:355759620	0.313091
institution	isap:356861014	0.312618
security	isap:384789094	0.312036
central bank	isap:169776580	0.311727
tax preparer	isap:379306339	0.311727
food	isap:173296978	0.311244
side effect	isap:494626627	0.307903
complexity	isap:507034137	0.306679
censorship	isap:506142472	0.306527
separation	isap:504377805	0.306177
development	isap:355765635	0.305968
euthanasia	isap:505095445	0.305677
evaluation	isap:503383363	0.305677
capitalism	isap:505111492	0.305428
advertising	isap:354507470	0.303523
communism	isap:147099535	0.301246
high speed	isap:200519712	0.300924
media day	isap:246936621	0.300393
democracy	isap:148786649	0.298560
pollution	isap:150500982	0.298420
license plate	isap:199567805	0.297442
shopping	isap:378015543	0.295927
paperwork	isap:149211386	0.295040
abortion	isap:380230683	0.294666
college	isap:79939140	0.294386
science	isap:76423151	0.294195
homework	isap:384527176	0.293790
activity	isap:380599911	0.291817
fighting	isap:378526563	0.291817
language	isap:378184732	0.291817
genocide	isap:376859659	0.291328
innocent	isap:384718758	0.291328
presence	isap:382601605	0.291328
sacrifice	isap:148488747	0.291232
prostitution	isap:407985108	0.290649
cleaning	isap:379172807	0.290597
guantnamo	isap:151402501	0.290229
student loan	isap:174190485	0.288812
credit card	isap:179517083	0.288695
movie	isap:195155375	0.287884
politics	isap:377481032	0.287589
internet	isap:380668317	0.287342
slavery	isap:72038191	0.285704
windows	isap:72648318	0.285375
defense	isap:75985890	0.284890
grading	isap:76101721	0.284890
concept	isap:70957957	0.284406
hunting	isap:73858636	0.284406
storage	isap:73243358	0.284406
surgery	isap:79246184	0.284406
lawn mower	isap:197673153	0.283816
marriage	isap:379286957	0.283273
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mind	isap:169623254	0.281594
housework	isap:151919098	0.281469
system	isap:497979587	0.281456
position	isap:378917576	0.280819
travel	isap:495049315	0.280684
service	isap:74422155	0.278578
parking	isap:71211801	0.278227
romney	isap:499070809	0.277660
battle	isap:496949859	0.277660
degree	isap:498626515	0.277660
cooking	isap:76706280	0.277520
divorce	isap:72086694	0.276052
writing	isap:71032503	0.275303
torture	isap:75797613	0.275106
pm unfortunately	isap:146617763	0.274453
consequently	isap:408991789	0.273722
china	isap:197431077	0.271094
cheating	isap:381531449	0.271016
noise	isap:194923116	0.270698
husband	isap:72494793	0.268298
logic	isap:194211578	0.267805
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drm	isap:248728075	0.266539
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deal	isap:178707663	0.265176
loss	isap:171105407	0.265176
ltte	isap:167185149	0.264843
ikea	isap:177635251	0.264711
week	isap:172485386	0.264711
microsoft	isap:146807713	0.262722
teaching	isap:382366564	0.262186
violence	isap:381215300	0.261558
mill	isap:176422590	0.261480
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life	isap:175454848	0.260829
butt	isap:166489743	0.260794
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wall	isap:179331651	0.260398
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anything	isap:384394014	0.260185
obama	isap:200337717	0.260175
qe2	isap:250178777	0.258516
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assange	isap:70317434	0.254568
camp	isap:174827093	0.252664
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bomb	isap:169463009	0.250529
hair	isap:165960114	0.248332
umpire	isap:496724167	0.247239
one	isap:251766969	0.247228
church	isap:488936410	0.246820
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end	isap:249728570	0.243868
sense	isap:199248598	0.243274
course	isap:491361896	0.242502
coup	isap:173720082	0.242438
zipper	isap:499041019	0.241065
exercise	isap:384252405	0.240077
chapter	isap:71775164	0.238394
people	isap:496910084	0.237917
photo	isap:195596024	0.237133
player	isap:491129209	0.235775
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politician	isap:506760481	0.234390
and	isap:249330860	0.232373
reader	isap:490464514	0.231775
box	isap:247262160	0.230343
wind	isap:174491732	0.230101
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is	isap:333171285	0.228389
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subway	isap:495143077	0.226971
opinion	isap:76290610	0.225049
abuse	isap:198905409	0.224682
oil	isap:245994791	0.222723
therefore	isap:152121434	0.220330
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ncaa	isap:176018317	0.218296
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im	isap:332439118	0.192387
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