injustice
US/ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/
injustice noun: absence of justice; unjustice.
Noun (1)
injustice (countable and uncountable, plural injustices)
- Absence of justice; unjustice.
- 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...1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 39
- 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...2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport
Noun (2) capitalized: Injustice
Injustice (plural Injustices)
- 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.2000 December 15, pn...@takiweb.com, “[RHETORIC] You don't lick 'em by joining 'em”, in alt.thebird (Usenet) - Tell Chief Injustice Rehnquist to shove it right up his activist,
goose-stepping, shriveled up ass.2002 March 1, CUE - CARD BUSH, “Chief Justice Rehnquist requests Indian woman take off head-wrap”, in alt.politics (Usenet)
- We want now to build toward electing enough progressive populist reform
injustice meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
injustice in Hindi
- absence of justice
- अन्याय anyāy, ज़ुल्म zulm, नाइनसाफ़ी nāinsāfī, नाइंसाफ़ी nāinsāfī, बेइंसाफ़ी beinsāfī, बेइनसाफ़ी beinsāfī
- violation of the rights of another
- अन्याय anyāy, अधर्म adharm
injustice in Tamil
- அநீதி, தீங்கிழைப்பு, நேர்மைக் கேடு, முறைமையின்மை
injustice in Marathi
- absence of justice
- अन्याय anyāy
- violation of the rights of another
- अन्याय anyāy
injustice in Urdu
- absence of justice
- نا اِنْصافی nā insāfī, ظُلْم zulm, بے اِنْصافی be insāfī
More languagesFewer languages
- injustice in Bengali
- অবিচার obicar, অন্যায় onnaẏ
- injustice in Telugu
- అన్యాయము anyāyamu, అధర్మము adharmamu
- injustice in Malayalam
- അന്യായം anyāyaṁ
- injustice in Kannada
- ಅನ್ಯಾಯ, ಅಧರ್ಮ
- injustice in Punjabi
- ਜ਼ੁਲਮ zulm
- injustice in Gujarati
- અન્યાય, અન્યાયો
- injustice in Odia
- ଅନ୍ଯ଼ାଯ଼
- injustice in Sanskrit
- अन्याय anyāya
- injustice in Nepali
- अन्याय
- injustice in Pashto
- بېعدالتي be'adālati, ظلم zulam, بې انصافي be insāfi
- injustice in Tagalog
- labag sa katarungan
- injustice in Arabic
- ظُلْم ẓulm, جَوْر jawr
- injustice in Malay
- ketidakadilan
- injustice in Indonesian
- ketidakadilan
- injustice in Thai
- ความไม่เป็นธรรม kwaam-mâi-bpen-tam, ความอยุติธรรม kwaam-à-yút-dtì-tam
- injustice in Vietnamese
- sự bất công, bất công
- injustice in Myanmar
- မတရားမှု ma.ta.ra:hmu.
Examples of injustice in a sentence
- He crusaded against similar injustices for the rest of his life.
- This rotten policy will create more injustice in this country.
- You doomscroll about all kinds of things including pandemics, racial injustice, natural disasters, wars, and political unrest.
Synonyms of injustice
Forms of injustice
| plural | injustices |
|---|---|
| plural | Injustices |
Origin of injustice
From Middle English injustice, from Old French injustice, from Latin iniustitia. Equivalent to in- + justice. Displaced native Old English unrihtwīsnes.
Blend of injustice + Justice
Words formed from injustice
- do injustice
- injustice collecting
- injustice collection
- injustice collector
Phrases with injustice
Questions about injustice
- What does injustice mean?
- Injustice means absence of justice; unjustice.
- What is injustice in Hindi?
- Injustice in Hindi is अन्याय (anyāy), ज़ुल्म (zulm), नाइनसाफ़ी (nāinsāfī). See Injustice meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is injustice?
- Injustice is a noun.
- How do you pronounce injustice?
- Injustice is pronounced /ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/ (US).
- What is the plural of injustice?
- The plural of injustice is injustices.
Words near injustice in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: injustice (page history and authors); Injustice (page history and authors); injustice (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అధర్మము (Telugu) (page history and authors); അന്യായം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); injustice (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜ਼ੁਲਮ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); injustice (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); injustice (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); injustice (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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