Definition of Inhumanity

1. Noun. The quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others.

Exact synonyms: Inhumaneness
Generic synonyms: Quality
Specialized synonyms: Atrociousness, Atrocity, Barbarity, Barbarousness, Heinousness, Bestiality, Mercilessness, Unmercifulness
Antonyms: Humaneness
Derivative terms: Inhumane, Inhuman

2. Noun. An act of atrocious cruelty.
Exact synonyms: Atrocity
Generic synonyms: Cruelty, Inhuman Treatment
Specialized synonyms: Barbarism, Barbarity, Brutality, Savagery, Outrage, Enormity
Derivative terms: Atrocious

Definition of Inhumanity

1. n. The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity.

Definition of Inhumanity

1. Noun. The lack of compassion. ¹

2. Noun. An inhuman act. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inhumanity

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inhumanity

inhooped
inhooping
inhoops
inhospitable
inhospitableness
inhospitably
inhospitalities
inhospitality
inhouse
inhuman
inhuman treatment
inhumane
inhumanely
inhumaneness
inhumanities
inhumanity (current term)
inhumanly
inhumanness
inhumannesses
inhumate
inhumated
inhumates
inhumating
inhumation
inhumations
inhume
inhumed
inhumer
inhumers
inhumes

Literary usage of Inhumanity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1904)
"103 inhumanity as a cure for crime Ill Knopf, Dr. S. A 86 Legislative work of Association 26 Life members 138 Life patrons 135 Memorial minute, ..."

2. Substance of the Debates on a Resolution for Abolishing the Slave Trade by Great Britain Parliament (1806)
"... and that inhumanity is inhumanity. ... fo firmly convinced of the inhumanity and ... inhumanity."

3. The Gallows, the Prison, and the Poor-house: A Plea for Humanity, Showing by George Washington Quinby (1860)
"inhumanity of France and England two Hundred Years ... of Persecution gradually softened—inhumanity of Louis XIV—inhumanity of the Pilgrim Fathers— ..."

4. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass (1857)
"inhumanity OF SLAVERY. EXTRACT FROM A LECTURE ON SLAVERY, AT ROCHESTER, DECEMBER 8, 1850. THE relation of master and slave has been called patriarchal, ..."

5. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"inhumanity of a Female Mob. Andronicus becomes Abel Peaceable. AJ, Dec. 12.—Mr. APP,—I had the Curiosity on Monday last, to go to Shoreditch, ..."

6. The Life of George, Lord Anson: Admiral of the Fleet, Vice-admiral of Great by John Barrow (1839)
"... and sent to Georgia and Carolina—Spanish depredations in the West Indies— Spanish inhumanity—Inquiry of a Committee of the House of Commons—Case of ..."

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