English-Thai Dictionary

injustice

N ความอยุติธรรม  favoritism prejudice unfairness right fairness just kwam-ar-yu-ti-tam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INJUSTICE

n.[L. injustitia; in and justitia, justice. ] 1. Iniquity; wrong; any violation of another's rights, as fraud in contracts, or the withholding of what is due. It has a particular reference to an unequal distribution of rights, property or privileges among persons who have equal claims.
2. The withholding from another merited praise, or ascribing to him unmerited blame.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INJUSTICE

In *jus "tice, n. Etym: [F. injustice, L. injustitia. See In- not, and Justice, and cf. Unjust. ]

 

1. Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition. If this people [the Athenians ] resembled Nero in their extravagance, much more did they resemble and even exceed him in cruelty and injustice. Burke.

 

2. An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong. Cunning men can be guilty of a thousand injustices without being discovered, or at least without being punished. Swift.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

injustice

in jus tice |inˈjəstis ɪnˈʤəstəs | ▶noun lack of fairness or justice: the injustice of the death penalty. • an unjust act or occurrence: brooding over life's injustices. PHRASES do someone an injustice judge a person unfairly. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin injustitia, from in- ‘not ’ + justus ‘just, right. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

injustice

in |just ¦ice |ɪnˈdʒʌstɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] lack of fairness or justice: she was taken aback by the injustice of Nora's remark. • [ count noun ] an unjust act or occurrence: brooding over life's injustices. PHRASES do someone an injustice judge a person unfairly. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin injustitia, from in- ‘not ’ + justus ‘just, right ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

injustice

injustice noun 1 the injustice of the world: unfairness, unjustness, inequity, corruption; cruelty, tyranny, repression, exploitation; bias, prejudice, discrimination, intolerance. 2 his sacking was an injustice: wrong, offense, crime, sin, misdeed, outrage, atrocity, scandal, disgrace, affront; informal raw deal.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

injustice

injustice noun 1 he was protesting at the injustice of the world: unfairness, unjustness, inequity, corruption; cruelty, brutality, tyranny, despotism, repression, suppression, exploitation; bias, prejudice, bigotry, favouritism, partiality, one-sidedness, discrimination, partisanship, intolerance. ANTONYMS justice. 2 his sacking was an injustice: wrong, injury, offence, unjust act, evil, villainy, crime, sin, iniquity, misdeed, outrage, atrocity, scandal, disgrace, monstrosity, affront, grievance.

 

French Dictionary

injustice

injustice n. f. nom féminin 1 Acte contraire à la justice. 2 Acte injuste. : L ’expulsion de ces réfugiés est une injustice.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

injustice

in jus tice /ɪndʒʌ́stɪs /〖in (打ち消し )justice (公平 )〗名詞 複 ～s /-ɪz /1 U 権利の侵害, 不公平 ; 不正, 非道 .2 C 不正行為 ; 不当な扱い .d ò A an inj ú stice ＝d ò an inj ú stice to A A 〈人 〉を不当に評価する [扱う ].