injustice
nounEtymology
From Middle English injustice, from Old French injustice, from Latin iniustitia. Equivalent to in- + justice. Displaced native Old English unrihtwīsnes.
- derived from iniustitia
- derived from injustice
- inherited from injustice
Definitions
Absence of justice
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.
Unfairness
Unfairness; the state of not being fair or just.
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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.
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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.
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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