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
Where are the voices of outrage at this inhumanity?
—Chicago Tribune, 27 June 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
Where are the voices of outrage at this inhumanity?
—Chicago Tribune, 27 June 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
Noun
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Pardo Bazán’s themes are fear, love, hatred, forgiveness, cruelty, repentance, homesickness, and madness—that is, naked reality as experienced across social strata in her time.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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The punishment doesn't match the cruelty of your actions.—
Cameron Knight,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Nov. 2025
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With much of the world horrified by the USSR’s brutality, Eisenhower was furious that the British-French-Israeli offensive was both diverting international attention and handing Moscow a PR victory by enabling it to speak about Western aggression in the Middle East.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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The 1986 film also included accounts by former conscripts who had been forced to participate in the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, making clear the hopelessness and brutality of the war, starkly contrasting with the Kremlin’s version of a war of progress and purpose.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Inhumanity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhumanity. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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