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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INHUMAN'ITY, n. Cruelty in disposition; savageness of heart; used of persons.
1. Cruelty in act; barbarity; used of actions.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others [syn: inhumaneness, inhumanity] [ant: humaneness]
2: an act of atrocious cruelty [syn: atrocity, inhumanity]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ties) Date: 15th century 1. a. the quality or state of being cruel or barbarous b. a cruel or barbarous act 2. absence of warmth or geniality ; impersonality

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 brutality; barbarousness; callousness. 2 an inhumane act.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Inhumanity In`hu*man"i*ty, n.; pl. Inhumanities. [L. inhumanitas: cf. F. inhumanit['e].] The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity. Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn. --Burns.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(inhumanities) You can describe extremely cruel actions as inhumanity. ...the inhumanity of war. N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl, oft N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Barbarity, brutality, savageness, cruelty, ferocity. 2. Hard-heartedness, hardness of heart, unkindness.

Moby Thesaurus

acuteness, animality, atrociousness, atrocity, barbarity, barbarousness, beastliness, bestiality, bloodiness, bloodlust, bloodthirst, bloodthirstiness, bloody-mindedness, brutality, brutalness, brutishness, cannibalism, cruelness, cruelty, destructiveness, extremity, ferociousness, ferocity, fiendishness, fierceness, force, furiousness, harshness, impetuosity, inclemency, inhumaneness, intensity, malignity, mercilessness, mindlessness, murderousness, pitilessness, rigor, roughness, ruthlessness, sadism, sadistic cruelty, sanguineousness, savagery, severity, sharpness, terrorism, truculence, ungentleness, vandalism, vehemence, venom, viciousness, violence, virulence, wanton cruelty