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View usage for: (ɪndʒʌstɪs) Word forms: plural injustices1. variable nounInjustice is a lack of fairness in a situation. They'll continue to fight injustice. They resented the injustices of the system. Synonyms: unfairness, discrimination, prejudice, bias More Synonyms of injustice More Synonyms of injustice injustice in British English (ɪnˈdʒʌstɪs) noun1. the condition or practice of being unjust or unfair injustice in American English (ɪnˈdʒʌstɪs) noun1. the quality of being unjust or unfair; lack of justice; wrong 2. an unjust act; injury; wrong Word origin OFr < L injustitiaCOBUILD Collocationsinjustice terrible injustice Examples of 'injustice' in a sentenceinjustice There is a great injustice in his death.He insisted that extremists were not enemies but people who feel there is injustice.To whom could the poor turn to correct the injustices of the system?They lash back at their perceived injustice.Being the underdog and fighting against injustice and standing up for the forgotten moved him so hard.The sense of injustice continues through generations.Changing the law abolished a gross injustice and thereby enhanced the legitimacy of marriage.At that age the slightest injustice can feel like a monumental betrayal.But any perceived injustice usually gets them going.His rage and sense of injustice continues to simmer below the surface.That ways lies the potential for great injustice.Again and again opinion polls show that most people feel the injustice of this.How can this or any government claim to be caring for our older generations while this injustice continues?Another will stage the bid by a vivid personality of the sport to overturn a disqualification he perceives as an injustice.She raged at poverty and injustice.Your ongoing role in bringing to light the gross injustice applied to the survivors of the thalidomide scandal is to be applauded.Others have risen up to fight against injustice - not without cost to themselves.Wise said he had now decided against a personal tax boycott, but added that civil action may be required to highlight injustices in the system.The country is plagued by unemployment, corruption, injustice and poverty.The Barely Legal exhibition focused on global poverty and injustice. In other languagesinjustice British English: injustice / ɪnˈdʒʌstɪs/ NOUN Injustice is unfairness in a situation. People could see that we were fighting against injustice. - American English: injustice
- Arabic: ظُلْمٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: injustiça
- Chinese: 不公平
- Croatian: nepravda
- Czech: nespravedlnost
- Danish: uretfærdighed
- Dutch: onrechtvaardigheid
- European Spanish: injusticia
- Finnish: vääryys
- French: injustice
- German: Ungerechtigkeit
- Greek: αδικία
- Italian: ingiustizia
- Japanese: 不公平
- Korean: 부정
- Norwegian: urettferdighet
- Polish: niesprawiedliwość
- European Portuguese: injustiça
- Romanian: nedreptate
- Russian: несправедливость
- Latin American Spanish: injusticia
- Swedish: orättvisa
- Thai: ความไม่ยุติธรรม
- Turkish: adaletsizlik
- Ukrainian: несправедливість
- Vietnamese: sự bất công
Chinese translation of 'injustice' n (c/u) -
不公正 (bù gōngzhèng) you do me an injustice 你让(讓)我受委屈了 (nǐ ràng wǒ shòu wěiqū le)
Definition unfairness They will continue to fight injustice. Synonyms unfairness inequality chauvinism narrow-mindedness one-sidedness unlawfulness unjustness Opposites right , justice , equity , equality , fairness , impartiality , rectitude , lawfulness Definition an unfair action I don't want to do an injustice to what I've recorded. Additional synonymsDefinition prolonged ill-treatment of or violence towards someone an investigation into alleged animal abuse Synonyms maltreatment, wrong, damage, injury, hurt, harm, spoiling, bullying, oppression, imposition, mistreatment, manhandling, ill-treatment, rough handling Definition mental tendency, esp. prejudice There were fierce attacks on the BBC for alleged political bias. Synonyms prejudice, leaning, bent, tendency, inclination, penchant, intolerance, bigotry, propensity, favouritism, predisposition, nepotism, unfairness, predilection, proclivity (formal), partiality, narrow-mindedness, proneness, one-sidedness He deplored religious bigotry. Synonyms intolerance, discrimination, racism, prejudice, bias, ignorance, injustice, sexism, unfairness, xenophobia, chauvinism, fanaticism, sectarianism, jingoism, racialism, dogmatism, faith hate, provincialism, narrow-mindedness, mindlessness, pig-ignorance (slang), illiberality |