injustice
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French injustice, from Latin iniustitia. Equivalent to in- + justice.
Pronunciation
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Noun
injustice (countable and uncountable, plural injustices)
- Absence of justice; unjustice.
- Violation of the rights of another person.
- Unfairness; the state of not being fair or just.
- 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- 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.
Usage notes
- Injustice and unjust use different prefixes, as French injustice was borrowed into English, while unjust was formed as un- + just. The spelling injust, from French injuste, is very rarely used, and unjustice, from un- + justice, is nonstandard.
Synonyms
- justicelessness
- unjustice (nonstandard)
- wrong
- wrength
Related terms
Translations
absence of justice
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violation of the rights of another
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French
Etymology
From Old French, borrowed from Latin iniūstitia, injūstitia, from iniustus (“unjust”).
Noun
injustice f (plural injustices)
Related terms
Further reading
- “injustice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Verb
injustice
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