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inhumanity

/in-hyoo-man-i-tee or, often, -yoo-/US // ˌɪn hyuˈmæn ɪ ti or, often, -yu- //UK // (ˌɪnhjuːˈmænɪtɪ) //

非人道,非人道主义,非人道性,非人道行为

Related Words

savagery野蛮,野蛮行为,野蛮人,野蛮生长brutality残暴,暴行,残暴行为,残暴的行为cruelty残酷性,残酷,残酷的,残酷的行为barbarism野蛮,野蛮行为,野蛮生长,野蛮人atrocity暴行,惨剧,残暴行为,残暴viciousness恶性,恶毒,凶恶,凶残callousness无情,冷酷无情,无情的人,冷漠无情ruthlessness无情,无情的,残酷无情,冷酷无情ferocity凶猛,凶猛程度,凶猛性,猛烈maliciousness恶毒,恶意,恶性,恶意的violence暴力,暴力事件,暴力问题,暴力犯罪bloodthirstiness嗜血成性,嗜血,嗜血性,嗜血症heartlessness无情,无情无义,无情的,无情的人brutishness残暴,粗暴,残暴性,野蛮cold-bloodedness冷血无情,冷血,冷血症,冷血动物

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural in·hu·man·i·ties for 2.

    • : the state or quality of being inhuman or inhumane; cruelty.
    • : an inhuman or inhumane act.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounlack of compassion
Synonyms
atrocity暴行,惨剧,残暴行为,残暴barbarism野蛮,野蛮行为,野蛮生长,野蛮人brutality残暴,暴行,残暴行为,残暴的行为callousness无情,冷酷无情,无情的人,冷漠无情cruelty残酷性,残酷,残酷的,残酷的行为ruthlessness无情,无情的,残酷无情,冷酷无情savagery野蛮,野蛮行为,野蛮人,野蛮生长viciousness恶性,恶毒,凶恶,凶残bloodthirstiness嗜血成性,嗜血,嗜血性,嗜血症ferocity凶猛,凶猛程度,凶猛性,猛烈heartlessness无情,无情无义,无情的,无情的人maliciousness恶毒,恶意,恶性,恶意的violence暴力,暴力事件,暴力问题,暴力犯罪brutishness残暴,粗暴,残暴性,野蛮cold-bloodedness冷血无情,冷血,冷血症,冷血动物

Examples

  • Failure to enforce laws that exist in the United States leads to chaos and chaos leads to inhumanity.

  • Her lyrical account presents the obscene inhumanity of slavery while celebrating the humanity of its victims.

  • I think that any form of activism that is against inhumanity is a good movement.

  • As the conversations about racial injustice grew more intense and the examples of inhumanity became more pronounced and horrifying, he knew he couldn’t remain a passive observer.

  • Another 10 slaves threw themselves overboard in a display of defiance at the inhumanity.

  • Yet here we are, dispensing another dollop of inhumanity to some of the most troubled and despised people in America.

  • His giddy glee turns sickening when you consider the coldhearted inhumanity that necessarily lies beneath.

  • Some Egyptians find it difficult to believe such inhumanity could take place alongside such awe-inspiring protests.

  • She opted to stay, believing her exit would be a victory for the authors of the inhumanity she dedicated her life to exposing.

  • Nature, ever buoyant and imperative, does her best to remedy the ills created by "Man's inhumanity to Man."

  • The grim old ruin has many dark traditions of the times when "man's inhumanity to man" was the rule rather than the exception.

  • The Star is shadowed by our thoughtless inhumanity to those who serve us and our forgetfulness of the needy.

  • Mai profited by his high station to show his cruelty and inhumanity.

  • If Tiberius must exhibit his colossal inhumanity, could he have anywhere in all the world chosen a better spot?

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