injustice

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Absence of justice; unjustice.
2. (countable, uncountable) Violation of the rights of another person or people.
3. (countable, uncountable) Unfairness; the state of not being fair or just.

Synonyms

unfairness

wrong

inequity

impropriety

iniquity

oppression

grievance

unjustness

unreasonableness

illegality

unlawfulness

tyranny

partiality

dishonesty

immorality

unjust

wickedness

lawlessness

misconduct

inequality

unrighteousness

oppress

unfair

injury

favoritism

iniquitousness

shabbiness

wrongness

accuse falsely

abuse

crime

violence

treat unjustly

wrong act

bend

unfair dealing

bend down

cruelty

dishonor

dishonour

distortion

fault

impiousness

ingratitude

injure

invalid

irregularity

irreligion

maltreatment

misfeasance

Translations

injustice

ingiustizia

injusticia

Ungerechtigkeit

injustiça

adaletsizlik

αδικία

Unrecht

haksızlık

injustícia

insafsızlık

Ungebührlichkeit

Ungehörigkeit

partialité

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: injustice

In summary

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