social justice
social justice noun: fairness in society.
Noun
social justice (uncountable)
- Fairness in society.
- The leisure class enjoyed advantages for which there was no basis in social justice; this necessarily made it oppressive, limited its sympathies, and caused it to invent theories by which to justify its privileges.1932, Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness
- Our hope for creative living lies in our ability to re-establish the spiritual ends of our lives in personal character and social justice.1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., “The Man Who Was a Fool”, in Strength to Love, New York: Pocket Books, published 1964, →OCLC, page 70
social justice meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Indonesian
social justice in Hindi
- fairness in society
- सामाजिक न्याय sāmājik nyāy
social justice in Tamil
- சமூக நீதி, சமூகநீதி
social justice in Indonesian
- fairness in society
- keadilan sosial
Words formed from social justice
Questions about social justice
- What does social justice mean?
- Social justice means fairness in society.
- What is social justice in Hindi?
- Social justice in Hindi is सामाजिक न्याय (sāmājik nyāy). See Social justice meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is social justice?
- Social justice is a noun.
Words near social justice in the dictionary
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