inhumanities
Acts of brutality
Inhumanities are acts of cruelty or brutality—the plural of inhumanity.
The word emphasizes multiple instances or varieties of cruel treatment: The report documented the inhumanities committed during the occupation.
Where inhumanity can be abstract, inhumanities points to specific offenses against human dignity.
Extremely cruel acts
- brutalitiesActs of savage violence
- barbaritiesActs of brutal cruelty
- crueltiesHarsh, harmful acts
- horrorsDeeply disturbing things
outrages · abominations · enormities · depravities · transgressions · offenses · violations · abuses
Savage, uncivilized behavior
- brutishnessCrude, animal-like cruelty
- beastlinessCruel or disgusting conduct
- ferocityExtreme violent intensity
- viciousnessExtreme cruelty or spite
bloodthirstiness · animality · primitiveness · wildness · fierceness · monstrousness · heinousness · gruesomeness
Lack of compassion
- cold-bloodednessUnfeeling, merciless nature
- mercilessnessAbsence of compassion or clemency
- pitilessnessTotal absence of compassion
- ruthlessnessLack of compassion or mercy
remorselessness · indifference · unfeelingness · insensitivity · hardheartedness · stoniness · coldness · detachment
atrocities
Extremely cruel acts
- brutalitiesActs of savage violence
- barbaritiesActs of brutal cruelty
- crueltiesHarsh, harmful acts
horrors · outrages · abominations · enormities · depravities · transgressions · offenses · violations · abuses · persecutions
barbarism
Savage, uncivilized behavior
- brutishnessCrude, animal-like cruelty
- beastlinessCruel or disgusting conduct
- ferocityExtreme violent intensity
viciousness · bloodthirstiness · animality · primitiveness · wildness · fierceness · monstrousness · heinousness · gruesomeness · butchery
heartlessness
Lack of compassion
- cold-bloodednessUnfeeling, merciless nature
- mercilessnessAbsence of compassion or clemency
- pitilessnessTotal absence of compassion
ruthlessness · remorselessness · indifference · unfeelingness · insensitivity · hardheartedness · stoniness · coldness · detachment · disregard
inhumanitieshumanities
Study of culture
kindnesses · mercies · compassions · charities · benevolences
inhumanitiescompassion
Concern for others' distress
empathy · sympathy · tenderness · warmth · caring
inhumanitieshumanitarianism
Promoting welfare through compassion
decencies · civilities · graces · dignities · nobilities
human, humane, humanity, inhuman, humanitarian, superhuman, inhumane, inhumanity, humanism