Synonyms of inhumanity

inhumanity

noun

ˌin-(ˌ)hyü-ˈma-nə-tē 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cruelty
• brutality
• atrocity
• barbarity
• savagery
• heartlessness
• savageness
• sadism
• cruelness
• murderousness
• viciousness
• fiendishness
• barbarousness
• inhumanness
• truculence
• wantonness
• ruthlessness
• atrociousness
• mercilessness
• pitilessness
• meanness
• ferocity
• oppressiveness
• grimness
• ferociousness
• bloodthirstiness
• malevolence
• fierceness
• hard-heartedness
• spitefulness
• bloodlust
• hatefulness
• malignity
• unfeelingness
• maliciousness
• sanguinity
• harshness
• fellness
• nastiness
• sanguineness
• heavy-handedness
• despitefulness
• cattiness
• hardhandedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humanity
• sympathy
• compassion
• kindness
• humaneness
• benignity
• tenderness
• warmth
• tenderheartedness
• kindheartedness
• pity
• mercy
• warmness
• good-heartedness
• clemency
• leniency
• warmheartedness
• mercifulness
• charitableness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inhumanity

Newspapers can barely bestir themselves to report on the latest inhumanity in Ukraine — the latest bombing of a school, say. —Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Nov. 2024

Why must women like Cabiria and Anora be made to face such inhumanity? —Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2024

Throughout his diary, excerpts of which we are honored to share today with our readers, Navalny writes with a fierce moral clarity about the inhumanity of Vladimir Putin’s regime, and about the power of its opposite force—the humanity of his fellow-countrymen. —David Remnick, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024

Presenting inhumanity in a contemporary style that draws us in, Shahn employed color and line to summon the viewer’s full attention. —airmail.news, 6 Jan. 2024