Meaning of INHUMANITY
| Pronunciation: | | `inhyoo'manitee
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- [n] an act of atrocious cruelty
- [n] the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others
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| | Synonyms: | | atrocity, inhumaneness |
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| | Antonyms: | | humaneness | | |
| | See Also: | | atrociousness, atrocity, barbarism, barbarity, barbarity, barbarousness, brutality, cruelty, enormity, heinousness, inhuman treatment, mercilessness, outrage, quality, savagery, unmercifulness | |
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| | Definition: | | \In`hu*man"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Inhumanities}. [L.
inhumanitas: cf. F. inhumanit['e].]
The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity.
Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands
mourn. --Burns.
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| | Related Terms: | | acuteness, animality, atrociousness, atrocity, barbarity, barbarousness, beastliness, bestiality, bloodiness, bloodlust, bloodthirst, bloodthirstiness, bloody-mindedness, brutality, brutalness, brutishness, cannibalism, cruelness, cruelty, destructiveness, extremity, ferociousness, ferocity, fiendishness, fierceness, force, furiousness, harshness, impetuosity, inclemency, inhumaneness, intensity, malignity, mercilessness, mindlessness, murderousness, pitilessness, rigor, roughness, ruthlessness, sadism, sadistic cruelty, sanguineousness, savagery, severity, sharpness, terrorism, truculence, ungentleness, vandalism, vehemence, venom, viciousness, violence, virulence, wanton cruelty |
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