inhumanity
noun
in·hu·man·i·ty
ˌin-(ˌ)hyü-ˈma-nə-tē 
-(ˌ)yü-
plural inhumanities
1
a
: the quality or state of being cruel or barbarous
b
: a cruel or barbarous act
2
: absence of warmth or geniality : impersonality
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Examples of inhumanity in a Sentence
man's inhumanity to man has been a recurring theme in human history
Recent Examples on the Web
The chilling moment when a terrorist calmly takes a drink from a victim’s refrigerator after committing an atrocity, or the heart-wrenching sight of children realizing the death of their father, underscores the profound inhumanity of their actions.
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Shelley Zimmerman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2024
Hamas’ crimes are unfathomable in their depravity and inhumanity.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024
This distinction is what keeps Rawls’s view from lapsing into inhumanity.
—Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
Accepting the award, writer and director Jonathan Glazer references both the October attack on Israel and Israel’s retaliation in an effort to remind us that the inhumanity that fueled the Holocaust still endangers it all.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
The end of the occupation and the restoration and guarantee of human rights for all will free Palestinians from their traumatic intergenerational bondage, inhumanity and oppression.
—Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
Fincher’s The Killer and Ridley Scott’s Napoleon either ignore or parody passion, and this inhumanity threatens to turn movies and cultural history into alien territory.
—Armond White, National Review, 1 Dec. 2023
Of course, Bass — a journalist, Princeton professor, and scholar of genocide and war crimes — is not the first to call out the peculiar inhumanity with which Japan conducted the war.
—Michael Washburn, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
Reminders of its inhumanity, however, are also almost constant.
—Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
Shelley Zimmerman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2024
Hamas’ crimes are unfathomable in their depravity and inhumanity.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024
This distinction is what keeps Rawls’s view from lapsing into inhumanity.
—Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
Accepting the award, writer and director Jonathan Glazer references both the October attack on Israel and Israel’s retaliation in an effort to remind us that the inhumanity that fueled the Holocaust still endangers it all.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
The end of the occupation and the restoration and guarantee of human rights for all will free Palestinians from their traumatic intergenerational bondage, inhumanity and oppression.
—Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
Fincher’s The Killer and Ridley Scott’s Napoleon either ignore or parody passion, and this inhumanity threatens to turn movies and cultural history into alien territory.
—Armond White, National Review, 1 Dec. 2023
Of course, Bass — a journalist, Princeton professor, and scholar of genocide and war crimes — is not the first to call out the peculiar inhumanity with which Japan conducted the war.
—Michael Washburn, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
Reminders of its inhumanity, however, are also almost constant.
—Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
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inhumanity
noun
in·hu·man·i·ty
ˌin-(ˌ)hyü-ˈman-ət-ē
-(ˌ)yü-
plural inhumanities
: a cruel or barbarous act or attitude
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