injustice

noun

Sayin-JUS-tis/ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/

Pluralinjustices (some meanings)

3 meanings of injustice

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1
noununcountable
Unfairness; the condition of actions or situations not being fair or just.
Many people protested against the injustice of the new law.
He spent his whole life fighting injustice wherever he found it.
Similarunfairness, inequity, unjustness
Oppositejustice, fairness, equity
2
nouncountable
The violation of the rights belonging to another person or group of people.
The court finally recognized the injustice done to the wrongly convicted man.
Activists documented every injustice suffered by the displaced families.
Similarwrong, abuse, grievance, outrage
3
noununcountable
The absence of justice; a state in which what is right and lawful is not upheld.
Generations grew up knowing only poverty and injustice.
The reformers set out to end the injustice that had ruled for centuries.
Similarunfairness, inequity, oppression
Oppositejustice, fairness, equity

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Origin

It came into Middle English from Old French 'injustice', from Latin 'iniustitia', and is equivalent to 'in-' plus 'justice'. It replaced the native Old English word 'unrihtwīsnes'.