INHUMANITY


Meaning of INHUMANITY in English

/ ˌɪnhjuːˈmænəti; NAmE / noun

[ U ] cruel behaviour or treatment; the fact of not having the usual human qualities of kindness and pity :

man's inhumanity to man

the inhumanity of the system

OPP humanity

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WORD ORIGIN

late 15th cent.: from Old French inhumanite or Latin inhumanitas , from inhumanus inhuman.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.