What does inhumanity mean?

Definitions for inhumanity
ˌɪn hyuˈmæn ɪ ti; often -yu-in·hu·man·i·ty

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. inhumaneness, inhumanitynoun

    the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others

  2. atrocity, inhumanitynoun

    an act of atrocious cruelty

Wiktionary

  1. inhumanitynoun

    The lack of compassion.

  2. inhumanitynoun

    An inhuman act.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Inhumanitynoun

    Cruelty; savageness; barbarity.

    Etymology: inhumanité, French; from inhuman.

    Banished
    Her mind, beams, state, far from thy weak twigs,
    And love with lover hurts is inhumanity. Philip Sidney, b. i.

    The rudeness of those who must make up their want of justice with inhumanity and impudence. Charles I .

    Each social feeling fell,
    And joyless inhumanity pervades,
    And petrifies the heart. James Thomson, Spring, l. 305.

ChatGPT

  1. inhumanity

    Inhumanity refers to the state or quality of lacking compassion, kindness, and consideration for others. It involves acts or behaviors that are exceedingly cruel, brutal, or violent, causing great suffering or harm to people, often disregarding or violating basic human rights.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inhumanitynoun

    the quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity

  2. Etymology: [L. inhumanitas: cf. F. inhumanit.]

Wikidata

  1. Inhumanity

    Inhumanity is the debut album of Finnish melodic death metal band Mors Principium Est. It was first released in 2003 and later reissued in 2006 with new artwork and three bonus tracks.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of inhumanity in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of inhumanity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of inhumanity in a Sentence

  1. George Takei:

    What we have is this endless cycle, the repetition of this kind of horror, injustice being inflicted on minority people, and we see it again today on our southern borders, but we've reached a new, grotesque low. We were together with our parents. Our families were intact. What we see today now is this incredible inhumanity of children being torn away from their parents.

  2. Peter Maurer:

    Since then, we have chosen to confront our past and to embrace transparency, the ICRC has also adopted a new policy on confidentiality, explicitly acknowledging that there is a path to condemnation of acts of inhumanity.

  3. Glenn Stutzky:

    The apocalypse, I think, both reveals our humanity and our inhumanity, it doesn’t get more basic or fundamental than that.

  4. Danilo Toninelli:

    The inhumanity of Malta is the mirror of Europe's attitude.

  5. Whoopi Goldberg:

    It’s about man’s inhumanity to man, that’s what it’s about.

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