inhumanity
Absence of compassion
Inhumanity is cruelty or brutal indifference to human suffering.
The word implies behavior so callous it seems to lack the compassion expected of human beings: the inhumanity of the slave trade, man's inhumanity to man.
An inhumanity is a specific cruel act: the inhumanities of war.
Savage, merciless behavior
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
- sadismPleasure from inflicting pain
- viciousnessExtreme cruelty or spite
- mercilessnessAbsence of compassion or clemency
ruthlessness · abuse · malice · malevolence · ferocity · fiendishness · beastliness · barbarity
Extreme, violent cruelty
- brutishnessCrude, animal-like cruelty
- primitivenessUndeveloped, basic quality
- uncivilizedLacking social graces
- animalityQuality of being creature
bloodthirstiness · wildness · ferociousness · predatory · berserk · frenzy · rampage · butchery
Lack of interest
- apathyAbsence of feeling
- coldnessLow temperature state
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
- hardheartednessAbsence of pity
pitiless · remorseless · unsympathetic · uncompassionate · heartlessness · insensitivity · detachment · emotionless
Systematic mistreatment of groups
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- injusticeDenial of fair treatment
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- subjugationForcing into submission
exploitation · enslavement · genocide · ethnic cleansing · massacre · imprisonment · expulsion · despotism
brutality
Savage, merciless behavior
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
- sadismPleasure from inflicting pain
- viciousnessExtreme cruelty or spite
mercilessness · ruthlessness · abuse · malice · malevolence · ferocity · fiendishness · beastliness · barbarity · atrocity
savagery
Extreme, violent cruelty
- brutishnessCrude, animal-like cruelty
- primitivenessUndeveloped, basic quality
- uncivilizedLacking social graces
animality · bloodthirstiness · wildness · ferociousness · predatory · berserk · frenzy · rampage · butchery · slaughter
indifference
Lack of interest
hardheartedness · pitiless · remorseless · unsympathetic · uncompassionate · heartlessness · insensitivity · detachment · emotionless · stony
persecution
Systematic mistreatment of groups
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- injusticeDenial of fair treatment
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
subjugation · exploitation · enslavement · genocide · ethnic cleansing · massacre · imprisonment · expulsion · despotism · autocracy
- vicesgreed, envy, lust, gluttony, vanity
- crueltycruelty, brutality, viciousness, ruthlessness, heartlessness
- malevolencemalevolence, cruelty, viciousness, malice, spite
- savagerybarbarism, barbarity, brutality, brutishness, cruelty
- coldnesscold, chill, freeze, freezing, coolness
- horrorshorror, dread, terror, fright, dreadfulness
inhumanityhumanity
People as a whole
humaneness · compassion · mercy · kindness · benevolence
inhumanitycompassion
Concern for others' distress
sympathy · empathy · tenderness · warmth · warmheartedness
inhumanityhumanity
People as a whole
human dignity · human decency · humanness · brotherhood · common humanity