inhumanity
noun
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Definition of inhumanity
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Synonyms & Antonyms for inhumanity
Synonyms
atrociousness, atrocity, barbarity, barbarousness, brutality, cruelness, cruelty, fiendishness, heartlessness, inhumanness, sadism, savageness, savagery, truculence, viciousness, wantonness
Antonyms
benignity, compassion, good-heartedness, humaneness, humanity, kindheartedness, kindness, sympathy, tenderheartedness
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An affable Wall Street type hanging out with the homeless youths goes off on the degree to which race was a factor in the election of then-President Barack Obama, though his reactionary rhetoric isn't presented as infallible evidence of inhumanity. — Keith Uhlich, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Pier Kids': Film Review | Outfest 2019," 22 July 2019 These facilities are where this inhumanity is happening. — Jasmine Aguilera, Time, "Donations Are Not Accepted at Border Patrol Facilities Housing Children. The Public is Sending Them Anyway," 26 June 2019 Detention conditions for migrants at border facilities described as 'sheer inhumanity' Migration advocates said the cramped, unsanitary conditions at Border Patrol facilities have worsened since President Donald Trump came to power. — NBC News, "Migrant conditions, Democratic race, Trump hawkish adviser: Read the Morning Rundown," 3 July 2019 Put aside the cruelty and inhumanity of using asylum seekers as pawns to retaliate against political foes. — Rachael Bade, The Seattle Times, "Trump: Administration giving ‘strong considerations’ to releasing detainees in ‘sanctuary cities’," 12 Apr. 2019 Protesting vociferously and tirelessly against inhumanity and injustice is not uncivil. — Nestor Ramos, BostonGlobe.com, "A year ago I wrote about a national push for civility. So, how’s that going?," 28 June 2018 New York Trisha Donnelly’s conspicuously untitled (and unexplained—there is no press release) work of installation art at the Shed is a lyrical op-ed about humanity’s inhumanity to nature. — Peter Plagens, WSJ, "A Tree Falls in Hudson Yards," 10 Apr. 2019 Kim and his evil regime are responsible for unimaginable cruelty and inhumanity. — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, "The Week in Washington: “They Try to Take You Out with Bullshit”," 3 Mar. 2019 If Congress doesn’t act to grant them permanent status, the world will witness more inhumanity playing out on U.S. soil. — Fabiola Santiago, miamiherald, "Another separation crisis looms – this time for some 273,000 American children," 12 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'inhumanity.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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