[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]