Inhumanity

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inhumanity \In`hu*man"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Inhumanities}. [L.
     inhumanitas: cf. F. inhumanit['e].]
     The quality or state of being inhuman or inhumane; cruelty;
     barbarity.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           Man's inhumanity to man
           Makes countless thousands mourn.         --Burns.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inhumanity
       n 1: the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for
            others [syn: {inhumaneness}] [ant: {humaneness}]
       2: an act of atrocious cruelty [syn: {atrocity}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "inhumanity":
     acuteness, animality, atrociousness, atrocity, barbarity,
     barbarousness, beastliness, bestiality, bloodiness, bloodlust,
     bloodthirst, bloodthirstiness, bloody-mindedness, brutality,
     brutalness, brutishness, cannibalism, cruelness, cruelty,
     destructiveness, extremity, ferociousness, ferocity, fiendishness,
     fierceness, force, furiousness, harshness, impetuosity, inclemency,
     inhumaneness, intensity, malignity, mercilessness, mindlessness,
     murderousness, pitilessness, rigor, roughness, ruthlessness,
     sadism, sadistic cruelty, sanguineousness, savagery, severity,
     sharpness, terrorism, truculence, ungentleness, vandalism,
     vehemence, venom, viciousness, violence, virulence,
     wanton cruelty