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injustice

[ in-juhs-tis ]

noun

  1. the quality or fact of being unjust; inequity.
  2. violation of the rights of others; unjust or unfair action or treatment.

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  3. an unjust or unfair act; wrong.


injustice

/ ɪˈʌɪ /

noun

  1. the condition or practice of being unjust or unfair
  2. an unjust act
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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of injustice1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin ūپپ; equivalent to in- 3 + justice
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Tellingly, the right-wing noise machine can't even articulate the injustice that needs to be remedied here.

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Public Counsel Chief Executive Kathryn Eidmann said she believes her organization has a duty to call out what it sees as an injustice: leaving vulnerable children without legal representation.

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Sadly, all too many of us became inured to the idea that prisoners could be sent to that infamous offshore prison of injustice at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, perhaps never to be released.

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Pember’s journalism and advocacy, along with that of a growing number of writers and activists, both Native and not, are making clear the scope and impact of one major pillar of this epochal injustice.

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He also had differences with fellow Jesuits who believed Bergoglio lacked interest in liberation theology - that synthesis of Christian thought and Marxist sociology which sought to overthrow injustice.

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