inhumanity

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Thân thiện

A soldier shows inhumanity by ignoring the cries of a wounded civilian.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • An act of atrocious cruelty: A specific, extremely brutal and cruel action or deed.
   • The quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others: The abstract characteristic or state of being cruel, brutal, and devoid of human kindness.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Act of Cruelty):
  • The dictator's inhumanity was documented in the war crimes report.
  • History is filled with examples of such inhumanity.
• Noun (Quality of Being Cruel):
  • The sheer inhumanity of the prison conditions shocked the world.
  • His actions revealed a profound inhumanity.

Advanced Usage

• "The inhumanity of man": A phrase used to describe the capacity for cruelty inherent in human nature.
  • The novel explores the depths of the inhumanity of man.
• "Acts of inhumanity": Used to refer to multiple cruel deeds.
  • The commission investigated the acts of inhumanity committed during the conflict.

Variants and Related Words

• Inhuman (adj): Lacking human qualities of compassion and kindness; cruel, brutal.
  • The treatment of the prisoners was inhuman.
• Inhumanely (adv): In a cruel and brutal manner.
  • The animals were treated inhumanely.

Synonyms

• Cruelty: Willful infliction of pain or suffering.
• Brutality: Savage physical violence; great cruelty.
• Barbarity: Extreme cruelty or brutality.
• Atrocity: An extremely wicked or cruel act.

Antonyms

• Humanity: The quality of being humane; benevolence.
• Compassion: Sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings of others.
• Kindness: The quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.
• Mercy: Compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one's power to punish.

Related Phrases

• "Crimes against humanity": A legal term for acts of persecution or large-scale violence against civilians.
  • The leader was tried for crimes against humanity.
• "Man's inhumanity to man": A proverbial phrase describing human cruelty toward other humans.
  • The poem is a lament on man's inhumanity to man.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an act of atrocious cruelty
2. the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others

Từ đồng nghĩa

• atrocity
• inhumaneness