injustice
substantivocorrente nos diálogos
- Estados Unidos//ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs//
Absence of justice; unjustice.
substantivo
- 1
Absence of justice; unjustice.
- 2
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.
I was not just the President of Southern Americans or white Americans. I was the President of all Americans. I believed that a huge injustice had been perpetrated for hundreds of years on every black man, woman, and child in the United States. I did not think that our nation could endure much longer as a viable democracy if that injustice were allowed to continue.
The movie delivers a critical and analytical 'unfolding of the circumstances of Reality [Winner]’s life, starting with her childhood in Texas, in order to reveal her sense of deceptions and injustices that pass largely unchallenged in everyday American life.
- 3
Unfairness; the state of not being fair or just.
The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpool's players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was an obvious injustice when the England Under-21 midfielder was shown the red card.
Etimologia
From Middle English injustice, from Old French injustice, from Latin iniustitia. Equivalent to in- + justice. Displaced native Old English unrihtwīsnes.
Formas
- plural
- injustices