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in·jus·tice
 injustice
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- pronunciation:
- ihn
juh
stihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the absence of justice; unfair treatment or violation of a person's rights.
Some of those who were convicted were victims of injustice and were later proven innocent.Despite the law, many continue to suffer from injustice.The group is dedicated to fighting injustice.- synonyms:
- inequity, unfairness, wrong
- antonyms:
- justice, justness
- similar words:
- evil, inequality, iniquity
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| definition 2: |
a specific act or condition that is illegal, unfair, or unethical.
Punishing the whole family because of a crime committed by one member is an injustice.She looked back upon her life and considered the numerous injustices she had suffered.- synonyms:
- inequity, wrong
- antonyms:
- right
- similar words:
- crime, discrimination, disservice, evil, favoritism, grievance, inequality, infraction, iniquity, injury, offense, oppression, persecution, prejudice, wrongdoing
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| related words: |
complaint, outrage, violence |
adjective + (n.)injustice
bitter,
collective,
colonial,
cruel,
economic,
egregious,
environmental,
existing,
fundamental,
glaring,
grave,
greatest,
gross,
historic,
historical,
imagined,
immense,
manifest,
nonviolent,
outraged,
past,
perceived,
profound,
racial,
social,
societal,
structural,
systematic,
systemic,
terrible,
tremendous
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verb + (n.)injustice
address,
alleviate,
anger,
challenge,
combat,
confront,
correct,
decry,
denounce,
endure,
eradicate,
expose,
fight,
highlight,
overcome,
perceive,
perpetuate,
protest,
recognize,
rectify,
redress,
remedy,
resist,
right,
suffer,
tolerate,
treat,
undo,
witness
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(n.)injustice
+ verb
commit, compound, constitute, experience, harm, heap, impose, inflict, inspire, occur, perpetrate, persist, root, stem
noun + (n.)injustice
abuse,
act,
aggression,
anger,
awareness,
bigotry,
brutality,
capitalism,
complaint,
correction,
corruption,
critique,
cruelty,
discrimination,
evil,
exclusion,
feeling,
felt,
form,
frustration,
gender,
greed,
hatred,
horror,
indictment,
indignation,
inequality,
inequity,
inhumanity,
insistence,
instance,
justice,
legacy,
misery,
outrage,
poverty,
protest,
rage,
railing,
resistance,
revenge,
sense,
struggle,
suffering,
victim,
wound,
wrong
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The word injustice
contains the following part:
jud, jur, just
Latin
root
that means justice, law; swear
  Example words:
adjudicate, abjure, adjure, conjure, injudicious, injure, injury, injustice, judge, judgment, judicial, judiciary, judicious, juridical, jurisdiction, jurisprudence, jury, just, justice, justify, perjure, perjury, unjust
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