[syn: atrocity, inhumanity]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inhumanity \In`hu*man"i*ty\, n.; pl. Inhumanities. [L.
inhumanitas: cf. F. inhumanit['e].]
The quality or state of being inhuman or inhumane; cruelty;
barbarity.
[1913 Webster]
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn. --Burns.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inhumanity
n 1: the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for
others [syn: inhumaneness, inhumanity] [ant:
humaneness]
2: an act of atrocious cruelty [syn: atrocity, inhumanity]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "inhumanity":
acuteness, animality, atrociousness, atrocity, barbarity,
barbarousness, beastliness, bestiality, bloodiness, bloodlust,
bloodthirst, bloodthirstiness, bloody-mindedness, brutality,
brutalness, brutishness, cannibalism, cruelness, cruelty,
destructiveness, extremity, ferociousness, ferocity, fiendishness,
fierceness, force, furiousness, harshness, impetuosity, inclemency,
inhumaneness, intensity, malignity, mercilessness, mindlessness,
murderousness, pitilessness, rigor, roughness, ruthlessness,
sadism, sadistic cruelty, sanguineousness, savagery, severity,
sharpness, terrorism, truculence, ungentleness, vandalism,
vehemence, venom, viciousness, violence, virulence,
wanton cruelty