INHUMANITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An act of atrocious cruelty

Synonyms:

atrocity; inhumanity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

cruelty; inhuman treatment (a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering)

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

barbarism; barbarity; brutality; savagery (a brutal barbarous savage act)

outrage (a wantonly cruel act)

enormity (an act of extreme wickedness)

Meaning:

The quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others

Synonyms:

inhumaneness; inhumanity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

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

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

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)

Derivation:

inhuman (without compunction or human feeling)