different between injustice vs defamation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French injustice, from Latin iniustitia. Equivalent to in- +? justice.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?d??s.t?s/

Noun

injustice (countable and uncountable, plural injustices)

1. Absence of justice; unjustice.
2. Violation of the rights of another person or people.

3. 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 nonstandard.

Synonyms

• justicelessness
• unjustice (nonstandard)
• wrong
• wrength

Related terms

• just
• justice
• unjust
• injust, injustly (rare)

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin ini?stitia, inj?stitia, from iniustus (“unjust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?ys.tis/

Noun

injustice f (plural injustices)

1. injustice

Related terms

• justice
• injuste

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Verb

injustice

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of injustiçar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of injustiçar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of injustiçar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of injustiçar

English

Etymology

From Old French diffamacion (French diffamation), from Latin diff?m?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?f??me???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: def?am?ation

Noun

defamation (countable and uncountable, plural defamations)

1. The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.

Synonyms

• aspersion, calumny, detraction, false light, libel, slander, aftertale
• See also Thesaurus:slander

Related terms

• defame
• defamatory

Translations