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INHUMANENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others
Synonyms:
inhumaneness; inhumanity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("inhumaneness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inhumaneness"):
atrociousness; atrocity; barbarity; barbarousness; heinousness (the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane)
bestiality (the stupid brutal quality of a beast)
mercilessness; unmercifulness (inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving)
Antonym:
humaneness (the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals))
Derivation:
inhumane (lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion)
