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English Dictionary: inhumanity by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inhumanity
n
  1. the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others
    Synonym(s): inhumaneness, inhumanity
    Antonym(s): humaneness
  2. an act of atrocious cruelty
    Synonym(s): atrocity, inhumanity
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inhumanity \In`hu*man"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Inhumanities}. [L.
      inhumanitas: cf. F. inhumanit[82].]
      The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity.
  
               Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands
               mourn.                                                   --Burns.
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