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injustice

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/
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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N JH AH1 S T IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Absence of justice; unjustice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Violation of the rights of another person or people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Silence in the face of gross injustice, or support for it, or even active involvement therein, comes at a price.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Unfairness; the state of not being fair or just.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Justice (title of a justice of court), seen as being unjust.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, humorous

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

an unjust act

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unfairness, iniquity, shabbiness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus

6

noun

Meaning 6

the practice of being unjust or unfair

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unjustness

Antonyms: justice

Broader terms: unrighteousness

Narrower terms: unfairness, inequity, wrong, wrongfulness

History

Etymology

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

Blend of injustice + Justice

Across languages

Translations

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ظُلْم (ẓulm) — absence of justice
  • Arabic: جَوْر (jawr) — absence of justice
  • Armenian: անարդարություն (anardarutʻyun) — absence of justice
  • Aromanian: nidriptati — absence of justice
  • Aromanian: adichii — absence of justice
  • Aromanian: strãmbãtati — absence of justice
  • Asturian: inxusticia — absence of justice
  • Belarusian: несправядлі́васць (njespravjadlívascʹ) — absence of justice
  • Belarusian: бяспра́ўе (bjaspráwje) — absence of justice
  • Belarusian: беззако́нне (bjezzakónnje) — absence of justice
  • Bulgarian: несправедли́вост (nespravedlívost) — absence of justice
  • Bulgarian: беззако́ние (bezzakónie) — absence of justice
  • Catalan: injustícia — absence of justice
  • Cebuano: inhustisya — absence of justice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不平 (bùpíng) — absence of justice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不公平 (bùgōngpíng) — absence of justice
  • Ngazidja Comorian: udhulumifu — absence of justice
  • Czech: bezpráví — absence of justice
  • Danish: uretfærdighed — absence of justice
  • Dutch: onrecht — absence of justice
  • Dutch: onrechtvaardigheid — absence of justice
  • Finnish: epäoikeudenmukaisuus — absence of justice
  • Finnish: vääryys — absence of justice
  • French: injustice — absence of justice
  • Galician: inxustiza — absence of justice
  • Georgian: უსამართლობა (usamartloba) — absence of justice
  • German: Unrecht — absence of justice
  • Greek: αδικία (adikía) — absence of justice
  • Ancient Greek: ἀδικία (adikía) — absence of justice
  • Haitian Creole: abi — absence of justice
  • Hindi: अन्याय (anyāy) — absence of justice
  • Hungarian: igazságtalanság — absence of justice
  • Italian: ingiustizia — absence of justice
  • Japanese: 不正 (fusei) — absence of justice
  • Japanese: 不公平 (fukōhei) — absence of justice
  • Korean: 부정 (bujeong) — absence of justice
  • Korean: 불공평 (bulgongpyeong) — absence of justice
  • Latin: iniūria — absence of justice
  • Macedonian: неправда (nepravda) — absence of justice
  • Manx: aggair — absence of justice
  • Marathi: अन्याय (anyāy) — absence of justice
  • Old English: unrihtwīsnes — absence of justice
  • Pannonian Rusyn: безправє (bezpravje) — absence of justice
  • Pannonian Rusyn: беззаконносц (bezzakonnosc) — absence of justice
  • Pannonian Rusyn: беззакониє (bezzakonije) — absence of justice
  • Persian: ظُلم (zolm) — absence of justice
  • Persian: بیعِدالَتی (bi-e'dâlati) — absence of justice
  • Persian: بیاِنصافی (bi-ensâfi) — absence of justice
  • Polish: niesprawiedliwość — absence of justice
  • Portuguese: injustiça — absence of justice
  • Romanian: nedreptate — absence of justice
  • Romanian: injustiție — absence of justice
  • Romanian: strâmbătate — absence of justice
  • Russian: несправедли́вость (nespravedlívostʹ) — absence of justice
  • Russian: беспра́вие (besprávije) — absence of justice
  • Russian: беззако́ние (bezzakónije) — absence of justice
  • Scottish Gaelic: eucoir — absence of justice
  • Serbo-Croatian: бѐспра̄вље — absence of justice
  • Serbo-Croatian: беза́коње — absence of justice
  • Serbo-Croatian: нѐпра̄вда — absence of justice
  • Serbo-Croatian: bèsprāvlje — absence of justice
  • Serbo-Croatian: bezákonje — absence of justice
  • Serbo-Croatian: nèprāvda — absence of justice
  • Slovak: bezprávie — absence of justice
  • Slovene: krivica — absence of justice
  • Spanish: injusticia — absence of justice
  • Swahili: dhuluma — absence of justice
  • Swedish: orättvisa — absence of justice
  • Tagalog: labag sa katarungan — absence of justice
  • Thai: ความไม่เป็นธรรม (kwaam-mâi-bpen-tam) — absence of justice
  • Turkish: adaletsizlik — absence of justice
  • Ottoman Turkish: عدالتسزلك (ʼadaletsizlik) — absence of justice
  • Ukrainian: несправедли́вість (nespravedlývistʹ) — absence of justice
  • Ukrainian: безпра́в'я (bezprávʺja) — absence of justice
  • Ukrainian: беззако́ння (bezzakónnja) — absence of justice
  • Vietnamese: sự bất công — absence of justice
  • Arabic: ظُلْم (ẓulm) — violation of the rights of another
  • Arabic: جَوْر (jawr) — violation of the rights of another
  • Asturian: inxusticia — violation of the rights of another
  • Belarusian: несправядлі́васць (njespravjadlívascʹ) — violation of the rights of another
  • Bulgarian: несправедли́вост (nespravedlívost) — violation of the rights of another
  • Catalan: injustícia — violation of the rights of another
  • Cebuano: inhustisya — violation of the rights of another
  • Czech: nespravedlnost — violation of the rights of another
  • Danish: uretfærdighed — violation of the rights of another
  • Finnish: epäoikeudenmukaisuus — violation of the rights of another
  • Finnish: vääryys — violation of the rights of another
  • French: injustice — violation of the rights of another
  • Galician: inxustiza — violation of the rights of another
  • German: Ungerechtigkeit — violation of the rights of another
  • Greek: αδικία (adikía) — violation of the rights of another
  • Ancient Greek: ἀδικία (adikía) — violation of the rights of another
  • Hindi: अन्याय (anyāy) — violation of the rights of another
  • Hindi: अधर्म (adharm) — violation of the rights of another
  • Hungarian: igazságtalanság — violation of the rights of another
  • Italian: ingiustizia — violation of the rights of another
  • Macedonian: неправда (nepravda) — violation of the rights of another
  • Manx: aggair — violation of the rights of another
  • Marathi: अन्याय (anyāy) — violation of the rights of another
  • Old English: unrihtwīsnes — violation of the rights of another
  • Pannonian Rusyn: нєправда (njepravda) — violation of the rights of another
  • Pannonian Rusyn: кривда (krivda) — violation of the rights of another
  • Polish: niesprawiedliwość — violation of the rights of another
  • Portuguese: injustiça — violation of the rights of another
  • Russian: несправедли́вость (nespravedlívostʹ) — violation of the rights of another
  • Scottish Gaelic: eucoir — violation of the rights of another
  • Serbo-Croatian: нѐпра̄вда — violation of the rights of another
  • Serbo-Croatian: кри̑вда — violation of the rights of another
  • Serbo-Croatian: nèprāvda — violation of the rights of another
  • Serbo-Croatian: krȋvda — violation of the rights of another
  • Slovak: nespravodlivosť — violation of the rights of another
  • Slovak: krivda — violation of the rights of another
  • Slovene: krivica — violation of the rights of another
  • Slovene: nepravičnost — violation of the rights of another
  • Spanish: injusticia — violation of the rights of another
  • Swahili: dhuluma — violation of the rights of another
  • Swedish: oförrätt — violation of the rights of another
  • Swedish: orättvisa — violation of the rights of another
  • Turkish: haksızlık — violation of the rights of another
  • Turkish: adaletsizlik — violation of the rights of another
  • Ottoman Turkish: ظلم (zulm, zulüm) — violation of the rights of another
  • Ukrainian: несправедли́вість (nespravedlývistʹ) — violation of the rights of another