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词汇 inhumanity
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Definition of inhumanity in English:

inhumanity

nounPlural inhumanities ɪnhjʊˈmanɪtiˌɪn(h)juˈmænədi
mass noun
  • Extremely cruel and brutal behaviour.

    不人道,残暴

    man's inhumanity to man

    人对人的残暴。

    count noun an elaborate review of man's inhumanities

    一篇详尽评论人类残暴行为的文章。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If I'm witnessing torture and inhumanity on a grand scale, the answer is no.
    • The world pitied Nazi refugees and accused the Czechs of inhumanity.
    • The engrossing series is a searing reminder of man's capacity for unimaginable acts of inhumanity against fellow man.
    • I don't often use words like ‘wickedness’ to describe acts of inhumanity.
    • To turn a country into a laboratory is to give ample warning of inhumanity.
    • As other camps fell into Allied hands the full story of Nazi inhumanity began to be told.
    • Instead, she has chosen a dangerous, heartbreaking life, which sees risk and suffering and gross inhumanity every single day.
    • It begins in Britain today with the purpose of reminding the world about the cost of man's inhumanity to man.
    • The positive is that there's less disorder and inhumanity which would have gone on in Bosnia or Kosovo.
    • He will be remembered by family and friends as a truly courageous individual who used his talents as a cameraman to fight inhumanity.
    • Despite any such fears however, acts of inhumanity towards a surrendered enemy have no place in the third Millenium.
    • He says he lost all interest in photographing soldiers in action, and became determined to show the world the results of man's inhumanity to man.
    • I am a part of the collective sorrow felt around the world about man's inhumanity to man.
    • Others will witness acts of inhumanity that will haunt their remaining days.
    • This is the kind of unspeakable inhumanity we are all up against.
    • Which is an act of war and defense and which is an act of depraved inhumanity?
    • He has spent his life analysing and opposing injustice and inhumanity.
    • Some historians claim this is the most graphic example of man's inhumanity to man.
    • There are no precedents for what is the most public act of inhumanity in the world's history, so schools have largely been left to get by on a wing and a lot of prayers.
    • It takes acts of monumental inhumanity before such rather basic people would take a risk.
    Synonyms
    cruelty, harshness, brutality, callousness, sadism, severity, savagery, viciousness, barbarity, barbarism
    bestiality, monstrousness, fiendishness, evil, evilness, wickedness, heinousness
    mercilessness, ruthlessness, pitilessness, remorselessness, cold-bloodedness, heartlessness, hard-heartedness, stone-heartedness, unforgivingness
    unkindness, unkindliness, inconsiderateness, uncaringness, lack of compassion, lack of feeling, lack of sympathy
    British informal, dated beastliness
    archaic dastardliness
    rare egregiousness, flagitiousness

Origin

Late 15th century: from Old French inhumanite or Latin inhumanitas, from inhumanus 'inhuman'.

Definition of inhumanity in US English:

inhumanity

nounˌin(h)yo͞oˈmanədēˌɪn(h)juˈmænədi
  • Extremely cruel and brutal behavior.

    不人道,残暴

    a justification for further cruelty and inhumanity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Instead, she has chosen a dangerous, heartbreaking life, which sees risk and suffering and gross inhumanity every single day.
    • Some historians claim this is the most graphic example of man's inhumanity to man.
    • I don't often use words like ‘wickedness’ to describe acts of inhumanity.
    • This is the kind of unspeakable inhumanity we are all up against.
    • It takes acts of monumental inhumanity before such rather basic people would take a risk.
    • The world pitied Nazi refugees and accused the Czechs of inhumanity.
    • He says he lost all interest in photographing soldiers in action, and became determined to show the world the results of man's inhumanity to man.
    • As other camps fell into Allied hands the full story of Nazi inhumanity began to be told.
    • There are no precedents for what is the most public act of inhumanity in the world's history, so schools have largely been left to get by on a wing and a lot of prayers.
    • The engrossing series is a searing reminder of man's capacity for unimaginable acts of inhumanity against fellow man.
    • Despite any such fears however, acts of inhumanity towards a surrendered enemy have no place in the third Millenium.
    • Others will witness acts of inhumanity that will haunt their remaining days.
    • I am a part of the collective sorrow felt around the world about man's inhumanity to man.
    • He has spent his life analysing and opposing injustice and inhumanity.
    • Which is an act of war and defense and which is an act of depraved inhumanity?
    • It begins in Britain today with the purpose of reminding the world about the cost of man's inhumanity to man.
    • The positive is that there's less disorder and inhumanity which would have gone on in Bosnia or Kosovo.
    • If I'm witnessing torture and inhumanity on a grand scale, the answer is no.
    • He will be remembered by family and friends as a truly courageous individual who used his talents as a cameraman to fight inhumanity.
    • To turn a country into a laboratory is to give ample warning of inhumanity.
    Synonyms
    cruelty, harshness, brutality, callousness, sadism, severity, savagery, viciousness, barbarity, barbarism

Origin

Late 15th century: from Old French inhumanite or Latin inhumanitas, from inhumanus ‘inhuman’.

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