INHUMANENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others

Synonyms:

inhumaneness; inhumanity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("inhumaneness" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inhumaneness"):

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)

Antonym:

humaneness (the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals))

Derivation:

inhumane (lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion)