injustice

C1 Topic:People & Society

US /ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/ See IPA manual

Freq #7754

Meanings

1

noun
Lack of fairness; a situation in which people are treated wrongly or unfairly.

She spent her life fighting against social injustice.
2

noun
A single unfair act or wrong done to someone.

Being blamed for something he did not do was a real injustice.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · lack of fairness; a... unfairnessunjustness

2 noun · a single unfair act or... iniquity

More justicelessnessunjusticewrengthwrong

Word family

Forms injustinjustices

Related forms injustinjustlyjust justice unjust

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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gross injustice
A very serious and obvious failure to treat someone fairly.

Adjective + noun

Proverbs (1)

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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere

Etymology

From Middle English injustice, from Old French injustice, from Latin iniustitia. Equivalent to in- + justice. Displaced native Old English unrihtwīsnes.

injustice Middle English iniustitia Latin

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Topics

People & Society

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# injustice

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/
**Frequency rank:** 7754

## Meanings
1. Lack of fairness; a situation in which people are treated wrongly or unfairly.
2. A single unfair act or wrong done to someone.

## Examples
- She spent her life fighting against social injustice.
- Being blamed for something he did not do was a real injustice.

## Synonyms
- justicelessness
- unjustice
- wrength
- wrong

## Related Forms
- injust
- injustly
- just
- justice
- unjust

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: injustice
- Root: iniustitia

## Etymology
From Middle English injustice, from Old French injustice, from Latin iniustitia. Equivalent to in- + justice. Displaced native Old English unrihtwīsnes.

## AI Etymology
Injustice is from Middle English injustice, from Old French injustice, from Latin iniustitia. Equivalent to in- + justice. Displaced native Old English unrihtwīsnes. In present-day use, it can mean lack of fairness; a situation in which people are treated wrongly or unfairly, or a single unfair act or wrong done to someone. Related vocabulary includes injust, injustly, just, justice, and unjust.

## Topics
- People & Society

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