as in cruelty
disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others
man's inhumanity to man has been a recurring theme in human history
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Recent Examples of inhumanity
Carreira is not interested in vilifying individuals but in teasing out the inhumanity of working conditions that grind people down little by little.
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Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
Among them, Galerie Eric Mouchet will present, in the Survey sector, a selection of poignant works by South African artist Kendell Geers (b. 1968) addressing the brutality and inhumanity of apartheid.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2024
The long descriptions of violence, hatred, and inhumanity feel overwhelming.
—Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2024
But this is a movie that places a solid emphasis on the second word over the first, and makes a case that incarceration is not an excuse for indignity or inhumanity.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024
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Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
Among them, Galerie Eric Mouchet will present, in the Survey sector, a selection of poignant works by South African artist Kendell Geers (b. 1968) addressing the brutality and inhumanity of apartheid.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2024
The long descriptions of violence, hatred, and inhumanity feel overwhelming.
—Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2024
But this is a movie that places a solid emphasis on the second word over the first, and makes a case that incarceration is not an excuse for indignity or inhumanity.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024
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“Inhumanity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhumanity. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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