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injustice | American Dictionary

injustice
noun[ C/U ]
us/ɪnˈdʒʌs·tɪs/
the condition of being unfair and lacking justice, or an action that is unfair:
[ U ]social injustice
[ C ]I was falsely arrested, so there was definitely an injustice done.

Examples of injustice

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Why it should be so and why it perpetuates an injustice are the twin themes of the author.
Aires represents another variation on the theme of official corruption and injustice.
The underlying point is not simply that any effort to reduce economic inequality or eliminate perceived injustices must respect people's basic moral and civic rights.
But when they strike the balance incorrectly, they cannot but do comparative injustice.
The language used here, which emphasizes the severity of the injustices involved, was not the simple cipher of ruling concerns.
But this injustice is part of a more global picture, keenly felt and bitterly expressed at the local level.
However, this objection proves too much, since, given the sea of injustices that has characterized human history, this threatens to undermine almost all current ownership.
Their justifications for the public sector rested on the injustices of material inequalities, the oppressions of industrial power, and the inefficiencies of market failure.
Such a loss, however, could hardly be construed as an injustice.
They regarded society as naturally harmonious and designed their anti-theft campaigns to rectify injustice and restore harmony by means of confession and compensation.
Those who take away property commit an injustice.
The validity of the relevant statutory norms as members of the given system of law is not as such put into doubt by their injustice.
The group justice model, therefore, not only aims to redress past injustices but also seeks to achieve an equal distribution of social goods.
In addition, the tenant farmers who work the land and are the victims of injustice will be the direct beneficiaries of a land reform program.
How far back must one go in wiping clean the historical slate of injustices?
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Collocations withinjustice

injustice

These are words often used in combination with injustice.

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act of injustice
How, if at all, do things change if beneficiaries and those made worse off are not the direct parties in the actofinjustice, but, for example, their descendants?
economic injustice
This is a terrible economicinjustice.
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