Synonyms of inhumanity

inhumanity

noun

ˌin-(ˌ)hyü-ˈma-nə-tē 

as in cruelty

disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others

man's inhumanity to man has been a recurring theme in human history

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cruelty
• brutality
• atrocity
• barbarity
• savagery
• heartlessness
• savageness
• sadism
• cruelness
• murderousness
• viciousness
• fiendishness
• barbarousness
• inhumanness
• truculence
• wantonness
• ruthlessness
• atrociousness
• mercilessness
• pitilessness
• meanness
• ferocity
• oppressiveness
• grimness
• ferociousness
• bloodthirstiness
• malevolence
• fierceness
• hard-heartedness
• spitefulness
• bloodlust
• hatefulness
• malignity
• unfeelingness
• maliciousness
• sanguinity
• harshness
• fellness
• nastiness
• sanguineness
• heavy-handedness
• despitefulness
• cattiness
• hardhandedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humanity
• sympathy
• compassion
• kindness
• humaneness
• benignity
• tenderness
• warmth
• tenderheartedness
• kindheartedness
• pity
• mercy
• warmness
• good-heartedness
• clemency
• leniency
• warmheartedness
• mercifulness
• charitableness

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of inhumanity

Among them, Galerie Eric Mouchet will present, in the Survey sector, a selection of poignant works by South African artist Kendell Geers (b. 1968) addressing the brutality and inhumanity of apartheid. —The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2024

The long descriptions of violence, hatred, and inhumanity feel overwhelming. —Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2024

But this is a movie that places a solid emphasis on the second word over the first, and makes a case that incarceration is not an excuse for indignity or inhumanity. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024

In that moment, Giamatti captures all the horrifyingly businesslike inhumanity of slavery — unspeakable cruelty draped in southern manners and a huckster’s showroom civility. 12. —A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024