Meanings
nouninhumanity (countable and uncountable, plural inhumanities)
plural inhumanities
- countableuncountableThe lack of compassion.
- countableuncountableAn inhuman act.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latininhumanitas
- Middle Frenchinhumanité
- Englishinhumanity
From Middle French inhumanité, from Latin inhumanitas, equivalent to inhuman + -ity.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan inhumanitat
- inhumanitatlack of compassion
French inhumanité
- inhumanitélack of compassion
German Unmenschlichkeit, Inhumanität
- Unmenschlichkeitlack of compassion
- Inhumanitätlack of compassion
- Unmenschlichkeitinhuman act
- Inhumanitätinhuman act
Hindi अमानवीयता, अमानवीयता
- अमानवीयता (amānvīytā)lack of compassion
- अमानवीयता (amānvīytā)inhuman act
Portuguese desumanidade, desumanidade
- desumanidadelack of compassion
- desumanidadeinhuman act
Romanian neomenie, neumanitate
- neomenielack of compassion
- neumanitatelack of compassion
- neomenieinhuman act
Spanish crueldad, inhumanidad
- crueldadlack of compassion
- inhumanidadlack of compassion
- crueldadinhuman act
Swahili unyama
- unyamalack of compassion
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with inhumanity
christianityhumanityvanityinsanityprofanityurbanityinanitygaussianityAfricanityAmericanityCatalanityEuropeanityItalianitylesbianityLusitanityMexicanitymundanityOccitanityorganityorphanitypaganityRomanityShavianitysubterraneanity
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
inhumanity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhumanity
MLA
“inhumanity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhumanity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inhumanity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhumanity.
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