Definitions for: Inhumanity

[n] an act of atrocious cruelty
[n] the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others

Webster (1913) Definition: In`hu*man"i*ty, n.; pl. Inhumanities. [L.
inhumanitas: cf. F. inhumanit['e].]
The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity.

Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands
mourn. --Burns.

Synonyms: atrocity, inhumaneness

Antonyms: humaneness

See Also: atrociousness, atrocity, barbarism, barbarity, barbarity, barbarousness, brutality, cruelty, enormity, heinousness, inhuman treatment, mercilessness, outrage, quality, savagery, unmercifulness

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