injustice
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- 9
Definition of injustice
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)Absence of justice; unjustice.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)Absence of justice; unjustice.
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(countable, uncountable)Violation of the rights of another person or people.
“Silence in the face of gross injustice, or support for it, or even active involvement therein, comes at a price.”
“I was not just the President of Southern Americans or white Americans. I was the President of all Americans. I believed that a huge injustice had been perpetrated for hundreds of years on every black man, woman, and child in the United States. I did not think that our nation could endure much longer as a viable democracy if that injustice were allowed to continue.”
“The movie delivers a critical and analytical 'unfolding of the circumstances of Reality [Winner]’s life, starting with her childhood in Texas, in order to reveal her sense of deceptions and injustices that pass largely unchallenged in everyday American life.”
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(countable, uncountable)Unfairness; the state of not being fair or just.
“The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpool's players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was an obvious injustice when the England Under-21 midfielder was shown the red card.”
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(derogatory, humorous)Justice (title of a justice of court), seen as being unjust.
“We want now to build toward electing enough progressive populist reform Congressmen and senators that we can lead to the impeachment of the illegitimate Bush and Cheney and the Three Chief Injustices of the Supreme Kangaroo Court, Herr Rhinequest and his lap dogs, Scalia and Thomas.”
“Tell Chief Injustice Rehnquist to shove it right up his activist, goose-stepping, shriveled up ass.”
“In my view, the tenure of the thirty-seventh Chief Injustice of India Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan, also known as K. G. Balakrishnan, which lasted from January 14 2007 and ended on May 12 2010, was the darkest age in the history of Justice and Jurisprudence in India.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English injustice, from Old French injustice, from Latin iniustitia. Equivalent to in- + justice. Displaced native Old English unrihtwīsnes.
Words you can make from injustice
170 playable · top: JESUITIC (17 pts)
Best play jesuitic 17 points8-letter words
2 words7-letter words
6 words6-letter words
20 words5-letter words
36 words- JUICE 14 pts
- JUTES 12 pts
- CENTS 7 pts
- CENTU 7 pts
- CESTI 7 pts
- CINES 7 pts
- CITES 7 pts
- CUNIT 7 pts
- CUTES 7 pts
- CUTIE 7 pts
- CUTIN 7 pts
- CUTIS 7 pts
- ETICS 7 pts
- ICTUS 7 pts
- INCUS 7 pts
- SCENT 7 pts
- SCUTE 7 pts
- SINCE 7 pts
- TUNIC 7 pts
- ETUIS 5 pts
- INSET 5 pts
- INTIS 5 pts
- NEIST 5 pts
- NISEI 5 pts
- NITES 5 pts
- SENTI 5 pts
- STEIN 5 pts
- SUINT 5 pts
- SUITE 5 pts
- TEINS 5 pts
- TINES 5 pts
- TUNES 5 pts
- UNITE 5 pts
- UNITS 5 pts
- UNSET 5 pts
- UNTIE 5 pts
4-letter words
49 words- JEST 11 pts
- JETS 11 pts
- JINS 11 pts
- JUST 11 pts
- JUTE 11 pts
- JUTS 11 pts
- CENT 6 pts
- CINE 6 pts
- CIST 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- CUES 6 pts
- CUTE 6 pts
- CUTS 6 pts
- ECUS 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- ICES 6 pts
- NICE 6 pts
- SCUT 6 pts
- SECT 6 pts
- SICE 6 pts
- TECS 6 pts
- TICS 6 pts
- UNCI 6 pts
- ETUI 4 pts
- INTI 4 pts
- NEST 4 pts
- NETS 4 pts
- NISI 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- NITS 4 pts
- NUTS 4 pts
- SENT 4 pts
- SINE 4 pts
- SITE 4 pts
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- TEIN 4 pts
- TENS 4 pts
- TIES 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TINS 4 pts
- TUIS 4 pts
- TUNE 4 pts
- TUNS 4 pts
- UNIS 4 pts
- UNIT 4 pts
- UTES 4 pts
3-letter words
42 words- JET 10 pts
- JEU 10 pts
- JIN 10 pts
- JUN 10 pts
- JUS 10 pts
- JUT 10 pts
- CIS 5 pts
- CUE 5 pts
- CUT 5 pts
- ECU 5 pts
- ICE 5 pts
- SEC 5 pts
- SIC 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- TIC 5 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- INS 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- NUS 3 pts
- NUT 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SEN 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- SUE 3 pts
- SUN 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
- TUI 3 pts
- TUN 3 pts
- UNI 3 pts
- UNS 3 pts
- USE 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
- UTS 3 pts
2-letter words
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