injustice

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English injustice, from Old French injustice, from Latin iniustitia. Equivalent to in- +‎ justice. Displaced native Old English unrihtwīsnes. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/ === Noun === injustice (countable and uncountable, plural injustices) Absence of justice; unjustice. Violation of the rights of another person or people. Unfairness; the state of not being fair or just. ==== Usage notes ==== Injustice and unjust use different prefixes, as French injustice was borrowed into English, while unjust was formed as un- + just. The spelling injust, from French injuste, is very rarely used, and unjustice, from un- + justice, is rare. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin injūstitia, from iniustus (“unjust”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.ʒys.tis/ === Noun === injustice f (plural injustices) injustice ==== Related terms ==== justice injuste === Further reading === “injustice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Portuguese == === Verb === injustice inflection of injustiçar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative