# injustice

Pronunciation: say "in-JUS-tis" /ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/

## Noun

1. Unfairness; the condition of actions or situations not being fair or just.
   - Simple: The state of being unfair, or treating people in a way that is not right.
   - _Many people protested against the injustice of the new law._
   - _He spent his whole life fighting injustice wherever he found it._
2. The violation of the rights belonging to another person or group of people.
   - Simple: Taking away or ignoring the rights that a person or group should have.
   - _The court finally recognized the injustice done to the wrongly convicted man._
   - _Activists documented every injustice suffered by the displaced families._
3. The absence of justice; a state in which what is right and lawful is not upheld.
   - Simple: A lack of justice, when fairness and the law fail to protect people.
   - _Generations grew up knowing only poverty and injustice._
   - _The reformers set out to end the injustice that had ruled for centuries._

## 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'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/injustice (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).