injustice

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/ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/

noun 4

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

cruel, grave, great, gross, terrible | perceived | racial, social

VERB + INJUSTICE

experience, suffer

Many workers experience terrible injustice when they are paid less for doing the same job.

regard sth as

Many people regard the unfair punishment as a serious injustice.

cause

The discriminatory hiring practices caused serious injustice to many qualified applicants.

commit, do (sb/yourself)

We shouldn't commit an injustice against people just because they look different from us.

expose

The journalist's investigation helped expose the injustice that victims had suffered for years.

fight against, protest against, speak out against, struggle against, work against

Many activists have spent their lives fighting against injustice in their communities.

correct, remedy

The new law helped remedy years of injustice against migrant workers.

stop

PREP

~ by

The family felt a deep sense of injustice by the court's decision to dismiss their case.

~ to

Denying her the promotion felt like a real injustice to someone so hardworking and talented.

PHRASES

the injustice of it all

He couldn't stop thinking about the injustice of it all after losing his job unfairly.

a sense of injustice, a victim of injustice

Definitions

noun

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 longer as a viable democracy if that injustice were allowed to continue.

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 was shown the red card.

noun

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.

Tell Chief Injustice Rehnquist to shove it right up his activist, goose-stepping, shriveled up ass.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an unjust act

unfairness
iniquity
shabbiness

noun — the practice of being unjust or unfair

unjustness

Antonyms

justice
justness

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Silence in the face of gross injustice, or support for it, or even active involvement therein, comes at a price.

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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

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The movie delivers a critical and analytical 'unfolding of the circumstances of Reality [Winner]’s life, starting with her childhood in Texas, in order to reveal her sense of deceptions and injustices

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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

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Tell Chief Injustice Rehnquist to shove it right up his activist, goose-stepping, shriveled up ass.

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In my view, the tenure of the thirty-seventh Chief Injustice of India Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan, also known as K. G. Balakrishnan, which lasted from January 14 2007 and ended on May 12 20

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, injustice is marked as derogatory, humorous. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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