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
The photograph captures, like few others, war’s raw violence, inhumanity, and despair.
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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
The detention center in the Everglades is a new low in injustice and inhumanity for this country.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2025
The immorality and inhumanity of these acts have cascaded through families, friends, and communities.
—Nick Gauthier, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2025
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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
The detention center in the Everglades is a new low in injustice and inhumanity for this country.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2025
The immorality and inhumanity of these acts have cascaded through families, friends, and communities.
—Nick Gauthier, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhumanity
Noun
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Brooks explained the white and brown pup was rescued from a cruelty case in South Carolina.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The cruelty, after all, is the point.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Her name is Christa Gail Pike, who was convicted of killing 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer three decades ago in a case that made national headlines at the time for its brutality.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Safdie’s presentation of these comments foregrounds Mark’s understanding of what’s profound, and profoundly disturbing, about mixed martial arts, and perhaps all martial arts—the channelling and professionalizing of brutality.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Inhumanity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhumanity. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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