inhumanity 是一个名词,意为"不人道;残忍;残暴",指缺乏人性的同情心与善意,对他人施加极端的残酷或冷漠行为。
/ˌɪn.hjuːˈmæn.ə.ti/
War reveals the worst inhumanity that people are capable of.
战争暴露了人类所能展现的最恶劣的残忍行为。
The survivors spoke of the inhumanity they had endured in the camps, where basic dignity was stripped away and suffering was treated with cold indifference.
幸存者们讲述了他们在集中营中所遭受的不人道待遇——基本的尊严被剥夺,苦难被冷漠以对。
该词源自拉丁语 inhumanitas,由否定前缀 in-(表示"不、非")加上 humanitas(人性、人道)构成。humanitas 来自 humanus(人的),最终追溯到 homo(人)。该词经由古法语进入英语,自14世纪起用于描述缺乏人类应有的同情与善良的行为或品质。其反义词 humanity(人道、人性)恰好与之形成鲜明对照。