injustice

noun
/ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/US

Etymology

From Middle English injustice, from Old French injustice, from Latin iniustitia. Equivalent to in- + justice. Displaced native Old English unrihtwīsnes.

  1. derived from iniustitia
  2. derived from injustice
  3. inherited from injustice

Definitions

  1. Absence of justice

    Absence of justice; unjustice.

  2. 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.
  3. Unfairness

    Unfairness; the state of not being fair or just.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Justice (title of a justice of court), seen as being unjust.

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at injustice. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at injustice. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at injustice

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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