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inhumanity

English

Etymology

From Middle French inhumanité, from Latin inhumanitas

Noun

inhumanity (countable and uncountable, plural inhumanities)

  1. The lack of compassion.
  2. An inhuman act.

Translations

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affliction

English

Etymology

From Middle English affliction, affliccioun, from Old French afliction, from Latin afflictio, from affligere. See afflict.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??fl?k??n/
  • Hyphenation: af?flic?tion

Noun

affliction (countable and uncountable, plural afflictions)

  1. A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
  2. Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
    • 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!:
      She wore a man's long ulster (not as if it were an affliction, but as if it were very comfortable and belonged to her; carried it like a young soldier) [...]

Translations


French

Etymology

From Old French afliction, from Latin afflictio, from affligere.

Pronunciation

Noun

affliction f (plural afflictions)

  1. (countable and uncountable) affliction

Further reading

  • “affliction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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