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
Herbert captures remarkable scenes of white visitors indulging in nostalgia for the Confederacy blithely unaware, seemingly, of the violence and inhumanity of the pre-Civil War era when millions of African Americans were enslaved.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2025
The photograph captures, like few others, war’s raw violence, inhumanity, and despair.
—Gary Knight, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2025
The cruelty and inhumanity of these actions have no match in American history.
—Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025
Our government is criminalizing the courageous students who have nonviolently protested this inhumanity, which is being done in our name and with our money.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2025
The photograph captures, like few others, war’s raw violence, inhumanity, and despair.
—Gary Knight, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2025
The cruelty and inhumanity of these actions have no match in American history.
—Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025
Our government is criminalizing the courageous students who have nonviolently protested this inhumanity, which is being done in our name and with our money.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for inhumanity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhumanity
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Also on Sunday, Jacqueline’s aunt, Jackelyn Garcia, 28, was arrested and charged with intentional cruelty to a child under the age of 19, risk of injury to a child and first-degree unlawful restraint.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Other scary asylum stories highlighted a fear of institutional cruelty — of authority figures with total power over vulnerable patients.—
Jen Rose Smith,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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The sight of Musk swinging a chainsaw onstage at a conservative conference captured the pell-mell approach, not to mention the brutality, of the billionaire’s plan to bring the federal government to heel.—
Andy Kroll,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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And as civil rights protesters proved decades ago, a righteous, peaceful protest that is met with brutality can unmute even a silent majority.—
Nancy Gibbs,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Inhumanity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhumanity. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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