Unhumanity
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The quality of being other than human. uncountable
"We see, too, that the disaster of which the world actually stood in imminent deadly peril has been averted, and that if every pound of saltpetre in the mines of Chili were suddenly to dissolve into its elements, the human race would still be able to guard itself against the unhumanity of nature."
- 2 Lack of humaneness; inhumanity. nonstandard, uncountable
"Instead of conflict there is murder and massacre — relics of brute savagery and man's unhumanity."
Example
More examples"We see, too, that the disaster of which the world actually stood in imminent deadly peril has been averted, and that if every pound of saltpetre in the mines of Chili were suddenly to dissolve into its elements, the human race would still be able to guard itself against the unhumanity of nature."
Etymology
From un- + humanity.
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