injustice

n.

1. Violation of another's rights or of what is right; lack of justice.
2. A specific unjust act; a wrong.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin iniūstitia, from iniūstus, unjust : in-, not; see in-¹ + iūstus, just; see just¹.]

SYNONYMS   injustice, injury, wrong, grievance. These nouns denote acts or conditions that cause people to suffer hardship or loss undeservedly. An injustice is a violation of a person's rights; the term can also refer to unfair treatment of another or others: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" (Martin Luther King, Jr.). An injury is an injustice for which legal redress is available: The court awarded the plaintiff compensation for the injury to his property. Wrong is now more emphatic than injustice and in a legal sense refers to what violates the rights of an individual or adversely affects the public welfare: "The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth" (Charles Kingsley). A grievance is regarded by those involved as a wrong that affords cause for complaint: The warden addressed the inmates' grievances.

noun

1. Lack of justice: inequity, iniquity, unfairness, unjustness, wrong. See law, right/wrong.
2. An act that is not just: disservice, inequity, raw deal, wrong. Law injury. See law, right/wrong.

n

Definition: unfair treatment; bias
Antonyms: equality, equity, ethics, fairness, impartiality, justice, lawfulness, morality

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

A burden which of all those that we load upon others and carry ourselves is lightest in the hands and heaviest upon the back.

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IN BRIEF: Unfairness.

A personal injustice is stronger motivation than any instinct for philanthropy. — John Irving, American English professor, author.

Quotes:

"Children will still die unjustly even in a perfect society. Even by his greatest effort, man can only propose to diminish, arithmetically, the sufferings of the world." - Albert Camus

"Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors." - E. M. Cioran

"One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap." - Ida B. Wells

"Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so." - Samuel Butler

"When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favor." - Jane Welsh Carlyle

"If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it." - Democritus

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - uret, uretfærdighed

idioms:

• do a person an injustice    gøre en person uret

Nederlands (Dutch)
onrecht, onrechtvaardigheid iemand onrecht aandoen

Français (French)
n. - injustice

idioms:

• do a person an injustice    se montrer injuste envers qn

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ungerechtigkeit

idioms:

• do a person an injustice    jmdm. unrecht tun

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αδικία

idioms:

• do a person an injustice    αδικώ κάποιον

Italiano (Italian)
ingiustizia

idioms:

• do a person an injustice    fare un'ingiustizia a qualcuno

Português (Portuguese)
n. - injustiça (f)

idioms:

• do a person an injustice    ser injusto com alguém

Русский (Russian)
несправедливость

idioms:

• do a person an injustice    быть несправедливым к кому-либо

Español (Spanish)
n. - injusticia

idioms:

• do a person an injustice    juzgar mal a alguien, ser injusto con alguien

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - orättvisa, orättfärdighet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不公平, 不讲道义

idioms:

• do a person an injustice    不公平地对待某人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 不公平, 不講道義

idioms:

• do a person an injustice    不公平地對待某人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 부정, 불법, 권리침해

idioms:

• do a person an injustice    부당하게 다루다, 오해하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 不正, 不正な行為, 不正行為

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ظلم, جور, عمل ظالم يظلم شخصا ما, لا يعطيه حقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אי צדק, עוול‬

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