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INHUMANITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An act of atrocious cruelty
Synonyms:
atrocity; inhumanity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("inhumanity" is a kind of...):
cruelty; inhuman treatment (a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inhumanity"):
barbarism; barbarity; brutality; savagery (a brutal barbarous savage act)
outrage (a wantonly cruel act)
enormity (an act of extreme wickedness)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others
Synonyms:
inhumaneness; inhumanity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("inhumanity" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inhumanity"):
atrociousness; atrocity; barbarity; barbarousness; heinousness (the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane)
bestiality (the stupid brutal quality of a beast)
mercilessness; unmercifulness (inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving)
Derivation:
inhuman (without compunction or human feeling)
