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inhumanity

inhyooh ma nuh tee

  • n  the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others
  • n  an act of atrocious cruelty

  • Faced with the globalized inhumanity that is burning the 21st century, Kouchner is introducing a new humanism without geographical or political borders.
  • When confronted with real inhumanity, as opposed to his own affected coldness, Coyne softens unexpectedly, and his emotions wake up.
  • The only way to top this was to carry man's inhumanity to man "to its ultimate absurditynamely the inhumanity of men other men have been inhuman to," the cruelly of the victim .
News & Articles

  • Haunting Images Chronicle 165 Years Of A World At War
    Images from conflicts in 28 countries are now on view at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. "The more you've seen of death and inhumanity, the more it turns you into someone who really can't stand the sight of war," says photojournalist David Burnett.
    Aug. 12, 2013 - NPR
Quotes

  • Rabbi Arthur Schneier in International Herald Tribune
    In our lifetime, we have experienced the ravages of war, the Holocaust, man's inhumanity to man and tasted the joy of freedom,said Rabbi Arthur Schneier, who lived in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe. "This momentous occasion takes places on...
  • Manmohan Singh in The Canadian Press
    No religion, faith or cause can justify such violence or inhumanity. On this solemn occasion, we must rededicate ourselves to fighting and eliminating terrorism with determination and joint action,Singh said.
  • Mark Regev in International Herald Tribune
    A spokesman for the Israeli government, Mark Regev, called the skit "another example of (Hamas) cruelty and inhumanity."

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